Culture, gender and disaster: From vulnerability to capacities

Cultures and Disasters: Understanding Cultural Framings in Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 222-234

  Gaillard, J C ^a   Fordham, Maureen ^b   Sanz, Kristinne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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