Fostering collaboration for knowledge and action in disaster management in South Africa

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability

Volumn 19, Issue , 2016, Pages 94-102

  Sitas, Nadia ^a   Reyers, Belinda ^a,b   Cundill, Georgina ^c   Prozesky, Heidi E ^d   Nel, Jeanne L ^a,e   Esler, Karen J ^d  

^a DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH; RISK PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84961355222     PISSN: 18773435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2015.12.007     Document Type: Review

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