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The role of local institutions and their interaction in disaster risk mitigation: a literature review

Year of publication 2003

Pages 57

Author Messer, N.

Product type Book (stand-alone)

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The present paper is a non-academic and thus, hopefully, unpretentious, attempt at reviewing the literature on the the role of local institutions and their interaction in disaster risk mitigation (DRM). What will be found on the following pages is a non-exhaustive compendium of strengths and limitations of local institutions involved in DRM and some suggestions for tapping the former and tackling the latter.

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