Women rebuilding lives post-disaster: innovative community practices for building resilience and promoting sustainable development
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Community-Based disaster risk Management towards Sustainable Development
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عنوان ژورنال: Gender & Development
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1355-2074,1364-9221
DOI: 10.1080/13552074.2015.1096040