Pakistan 2010 floods. Policy gaps in disaster preparedness and response

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 12, Issue , 2015, Pages 341-349

  Deen, Samar ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster preparedness; Disaster prevention; Floods; Livelihoods; Pakistan; Policy gaps; Poverty traps

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939960577     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2015.03.007     Document Type: Article

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