Quantifying vulnerability of rural communities to flooding in SSA: A contemporary disaster management perspective applied to the Lower Shire Valley, Malawi

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 12, Issue , 2015, Pages 172-187

  Mwale, F D ^a   Adeloye, A J ^a   Beevers, L ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flooding; Index; Integrated; Multi dimensional; Rural communities; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939953353     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.01.003     Document Type: Article

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