Adapting Australian health facilities to cope with climate-related extreme weather events

Journal of Facilities Management

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-51

  Carthey, Jane ^a   Chandra, Venny ^a   Loosemore, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Health services; Hospitals; Performance management; Service levels; Weather protection systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015489673     PISSN: 14725967     EISSN: 17410983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14725960910929556     Document Type: Article

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