Mobilizing for International Disaster Relief: Comparing U.S. And EU Approaches to the 2010 Haiti Earthquake

Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2020, Pages

  Brattberg, Erik ^a   Sundelius, Bengt ^b  

^a Swedish Institute of International Affairs   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

civil military cooperation; disaster relief; emergency management; Haiti earthquake

Indexed keywords

EID: 85085871822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15477355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1547-7355.1869     Document Type: Review

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