The problem of community resilience in two flooded cities: Dhaka 1998 and Brisbane 2011

Habitat International

Volumn 50, Issue , 2015, Pages 51-56

  Walters, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cities; Community; Community resilience; Disaster; Urban

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; FLOOD; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; LOCAL PLANNING; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA; BANGLADESH; BRISBANE; DHAKA [BANGLADESH]; DHAKA [DHAKA (ADS)]; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 84939503036     PISSN: 01973975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.08.004     Document Type: Article

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