Environmental disasters, natural recovery and human responses

Environmental Disasters, Natural Recovery and Human Responses

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1-219

  Del Moral, Rroger ^a   Walker, Lawrence R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 84922913038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511541995     Document Type: Book

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