Women in natural disasters: A case study from southern coastal region of Bangladesh

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-82

  Alam, Khurshed ^a   Rahman, Md Habibur ^a  

^a Bangladesh Institute of Social Research (BISR)   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Coping strategy; Disaster gain; Disaster preparedness; Disaster warning; Environmental hazard; Recovery capacity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897862172     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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