Fire risk in informal settlements in cape town, South Africa

Disaster Risk Reduction: Cases from Urban Africa

Volumn 9781849771016, Issue , 2012, Pages 105-126

  Pharoah, Robyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPE TOWN , SOUTH AFRICA; FIRE RISKS; INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS;

EID: 84925712335     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849771016     Document Type: Chapter

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