Does Comprehensive Emergency Management Work? A Longitudinal Study in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas

Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-33

  Hughey, Erin P ^a   Bell, Heather M ^a  

^a Pacific Disaster Center   (United States)

Author keywords

comprehensive emergency management; disaster response; risk; The Bahamas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919833578     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19444079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1944-4079.1076     Document Type: Article

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