Using the military in disaster relief: systemising challenges and opportunities

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 60-81

  Heaslip, Graham ^a   Barber, Elizabeth ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Civil military co operation; Disaster relief operations; Humanitarian logistics; Systematic Literature Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958753009     PISSN: 20426747     EISSN: 20426755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JHLSCM-03-2013-0013     Document Type: Article

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