Material convergence: Important and understudied disaster phenomenon

Natural Hazards Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-12

  Holguín Veras, José ^a   Jaller, Miguel ^a   Van Wassenhove, Luk N ^b   Pérez, Noel ^a   Wachtendorf, Tricia ^c  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSEAD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster response; Material convergence; Postdisaster field work; Postdisaster humanitarian logistics

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE MATERIALS; DISASTER RESPONSE; FIELD WORKS; HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS; MANAGEMENT AND CONTROLS; POLICY SUGGESTIONS;

DISASTERS;

MATERIALS;

CONVERGENCE; DISASTER; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER RELIEF; FIELDWORK; LOGISTICS; RESEARCH;

EID: 84892725526     PISSN: 15276988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)NH.1527-6996.0000113     Document Type: Article

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