Hurricane Sandy mortality in the Caribbean and continental North America

Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 132-148

  Diakakis, Michalis ^a   Deligiannakis, Georgios ^b   Katsetsiadou, Katerina ^a   Lekkas, Efthymios ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Continental North America; Disasters; Fatalities; Hurricane sandy; Natural hazards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921888849     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/DPM-05-2014-0082     Document Type: Article

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