Recovery and resettlement following the 2011 flash flooding in the Lockyer Valley

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-31

  Okada, Tetsuya ^a   Haynes, Katharine ^a   Bird, Deanne ^a   van den Honert, Robin ^a   King, David ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Flood; Lockyer Valley; Queensland; Recovery; Resettlement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894035472     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2014.01.001     Document Type: Article

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