Handbook of disaster policies and institutions: Improving emergency management and climate change adaptation

Handbook of Disaster Policies and Institutions: Improving Emergency Management and Climate Change Adaptation

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-200

  Handmer, John ^a,b,c   Dovers, Stephen ^b,d  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85086137437     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203109762     Document Type: Book

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