General overview of the disaster management framework in Cameroon

Disasters

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 562-586

  Bang, Henry Ngenyam ^a  

^a ANOVO UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil protection; Disaster management; Disaster management framework; Disaster risk management; Hazard mitigation; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MITIGATION; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CAMEROON;

ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CIVIL PROTECTION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK; DISASTER PLANNING; DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HAZARD MITIGATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CIVIL PROTECTION; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK; DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT; HAZARD MITIGATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CAMEROON; DISASTER PLANNING; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84901985521     PISSN: 03613666     EISSN: 14677717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/disa.12061     Document Type: Article

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