A Likert Scale-Based Model for Benchmarking Operational Capacity, Organizational Resilience, and Disaster Risk Reduction
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2095-0055,2192-6395
DOI: 10.1007/s13753-020-00276-9