Hospital resilience to natural hazards: Classification and performance of utilities

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-52

  Achour, Nebil ^a   Miyajima, Masakatsu ^b   Pascale, Federica ^a   Price, Andrew D F ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Healthcare facility; Japan; Natural hazards; Utility system

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892405711     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/DPM-03-2013-0057     Document Type: Article

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