Classifying logistics-relevant disasters: conceptual model and empirical illustration

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 155-178

  L’Hermitte, Cécile ^a   Tatham, Peter ^b   Bowles, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffuse disaster; Disaster classification; Emergency disaster; External environment; Generic characteristics; Humanitarian logistics; Open systems; Somalia; Typology building

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944883098     PISSN: 20426747     EISSN: 20426755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JHLSCM-07-2013-0025     Document Type: Article

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