Where there is no local government: Addressing disaster risk reduction in a small town in Malawi

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 586-599

  Manda, Mtafu Zeleza ^a  

^a MZUZU UNIVERSITY   (Malawi)

Author keywords

disaster risk; hazards; urban planning; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN PLANNING; VULNERABILITY;

KARONGA; MALAWI;

EID: 84910644513     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247814530949     Document Type: Article

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