Disaster risk reduction in Papua New Guinea: Integrating indigenous and scientific knowledge

Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction: From Practice to Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 293-312

  Mercer, Jessica ^a   Kelman, Ilan ^b  

^a Theological Advisor to the Catholic Agency for overseas Development   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH OSLO CICERO   (Norway)

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