Disasters, Deaths, and the Sendai Goal One: Lessons from Odisha, India

World Development

Volumn 103, Issue , 2018, Pages 27-39

  Ray Bennett, Nibedita S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deaths; disaster management; justice; Odisha; risk; vulnerability

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; NATURAL DISASTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; UNITED NATIONS; VULNERABILITY;

INDIA; ODISHA;

EID: 85033604366     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.10.003     Document Type: Article

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