Chapter 16: Environmental risks in Dhaka: Present initiatives and the future improvements

Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 319-338

  Rabbani, Golam ^a  

^a Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies   (Bangladesh)

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EID: 84887431600     PISSN: 20407262     EISSN: 20407270     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S2040-7262(2009)0000001020     Document Type: Conference Paper

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