Disaster risk management: Disciplinary status and prospects for a unifying theory

Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Van der Waldt, Gerrit ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

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EID: 84894072724     PISSN: 2072845X     EISSN: 19961421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jamba.v5i2.76     Document Type: Article

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