Assessment of an Emergency Disaster Response to Floods in Agadez, Niger

Risk, Hazards and Crisis in Public Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1-19

  Freeman, John A ^a   Tobin, Graham A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

disaster; emergency response; Niger; Shelter Box

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029187784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19444079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1944-4079.1072     Document Type: Article

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