Humanitarian operations and crisis/disaster management: A retrospective review of the literature and framework for development

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 20, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-13

  Goldschmidt, Kyle H ^a   Kumar, Sameer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Disaster management; Disaster policy; Humanitarian logistics; Humanitarian operations; Humanitarian organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85002235300     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2016.10.001     Document Type: Review

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