A qualitative study exploring the challenges of humanitarian organisations

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 132-150

  Sandwell, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Disasters; Emergency; Humanitarian logistics; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881157434     PISSN: 20426747     EISSN: 20426755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20426741111158430     Document Type: Article

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