Learning from the past: Analysis of disaster management structures, policies and institutions in Pakistan

Disaster Prevention and Management

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 449-463

  Cheema, Abdur Rehman ^a   Mehmood, Abid ^b   Imran, Muhammad ^c  

^a Rural Support Programmes Network   (Pakistan)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Civil society; Disaster management; Disaster preparedness; Disaster risk reduction; Emergency planning; Flood; Pakistan; Risk mitigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978105200     PISSN: 09653562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/DPM-10-2015-0243     Document Type: Article

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