The Atta Abad landslide and everyday mobility in Gojal, Northern Pakistan

Mountain Research and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 372-380

  Cook, Nancy ^a   Butz, David ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disaster; Landslide; Mobility; Pakistan; Roads; Social change

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FLOOD; LANDSLIDE; MOBILITY; MOVEMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE; TRANSPORTATION;

KARAKORAM;

EID: 84890420763     PISSN: 02764741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1659/MRD-JOURNAL-D-13-00013.1     Document Type: Article

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