Studying Policy Changes in Disaster Management in India: A Tale of Two Cyclones

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 42-46

  Jha, Ayan ^a   Basu, Rivu ^b   Basu, Atreyee ^c  

^a CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b R G KAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

cyclonic storms; emergency preparedness; government; Key words disaster planning; policy making

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMAN; HURRICANE; INDIA; MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTER PLANNING; HUMANS; INDIA; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 84959474179     PISSN: 19357893     EISSN: 1938744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/dmp.2015.116     Document Type: Review

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