A review of studies on community based early warning systems

Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Macherera, Margaret ^a,b   Chimbari, Moses J ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 84964378603     PISSN: 2072845X     EISSN: 19961421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/jamba.v8i1.206     Document Type: Article

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