Disasters as Extreme Events and the Importance of Network Interactions for Disaster Response Management

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Volumn Part F934, Issue , 2006, Pages 319-348

  Helbing, Dirk ^a   Ammoser, Hendrik ^a   Kühnert, Christian ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disaster Management; Economic Situation; Emergency Management; Public Transport; Terrorist Attack

Indexed keywords

EID: 85168660529     PISSN: 16123018     EISSN: 21976619     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28611-X_15     Document Type: Chapter

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