Analysing risk and vulnerability of South African settlements: Attempts, explorations and reflections

Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  van Huyssteen, Elsona ^a   le Roux, Alize ^a   van Niekerk, Willemien ^a  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

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EID: 84894091597     PISSN: 2072845X     EISSN: 19961421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jamba.v5i2.80     Document Type: Article

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