Unnoticed but important: Revealing the hidden contribution of community-based religious institution of the mosque in disasters

Natural Hazards

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2207-2229

  Cheema, Abdur Rehman ^a   Scheyvens, Regina ^b   Glavovic, Bruce ^b   Imran, Muhammad ^b  

^a SHAHEED ZULFIKAR ALI BHUTTO INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allah; Community; Development; Disaster; Earthquake; Mosque; Pakistan; Religious institutions

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; NATURAL DISASTER; PRIVATE SECTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

PAKISTAN;

EID: 84897629367     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-1008-0     Document Type: Article

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