Disaster risk index: How far should it take account of local attributes?

The coastal areas of Bangladesh are disaster prone. Along with natural hazards there are persisting local hazards (e.g., salinity, river bank erosion) in the coastal parts. An approach to disaster reduction strategy, therefore, varies here highly with other areas and also with other disasters. Disas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Islam, M., Swapan, Mohammad, Haque, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54471