People's risk perception in earthquake prone Quetta city of Baluchistan

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 165-175

  Ainuddin, Syed ^a   Kumar Routray, Jayant ^b   Ainuddin, Shabana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^b ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^c Department of Pakistan Studies Sardar Bhadur Khan Women's University   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Disasters; Earthquake; Earthquake risk perception; Quetta city

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910095116     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2013.10.006     Document Type: Article

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