Technocratic approaches and community contexts: Viewpoints of those most at risk from environmental disasters in mountain areas, northern Pakistan

Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-73

  Azhar Hewitt, Farida ^a   Hewitt, Kenneth ^b  

^a Wilfrid Laurier University ^*

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gender and disaster; Karakoram mountains; Mountain peoples; Pakistan; Participatory approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886622935     PISSN: 20407262     EISSN: 20407270     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S2040-7262(2012)0000011010     Document Type: Review

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