Humanitarian supply chain: An analysis of response operations to natural disasters

European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 290-310

  da Costa, Sergio Ricardo Argollo ^a   Bandeira, Renata Albergaria M ^b   Mello, Luiz Carlos Brasil B ^c   Campos, Vânia Barcellos G ^a  

^a ESTÁCIO DE SÁ UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b MILITARY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Humanitarian logistics; Humanitarian response operations; Natural disasters

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FLOODS; SUPPLY CHAINS; TSUNAMIS;

EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMIS; HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS; HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS; HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE OPERATIONS; INDIAN OCEAN TSUNAMI; MAJOR NATURAL DISASTERS; NATURAL DISASTERS; PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES;

DISASTERS;

EID: 84906953729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15677141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18757/ejtir.2014.14.3.3035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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