Managing in-country transportation risks in humanitarian supply chains by logistics service providers: Insights from the 2015 Nepal earthquake

International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction

Volumn 24, Issue , 2017, Pages 549-559

  Baharmand, Hossein ^a   Comes, Tina ^a,c   Lauras, Matthieu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b ECOLE DES MINES D ALBI CARMAUX   (France)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

2015 Nepal earthquake; Field research; Humanitarian supply chain; Logistics service providers; Transportation risks

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026310667     PISSN: 22124209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2017.07.007     Document Type: Article

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