Pathways for Transformation: Disaster risk management to enhance development goals

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Pathways for Transformation: Disaster risk management to enhance development goals. / Pelling, Mark; Ghosh, Aditya; Gibson, Terry et al.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2014. (Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction ).

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Pelling, M, Ghosh, A, Gibson, T, Matyas, D, Siddiqi, A, Solecki, W, Johnson, L, Kenney, C, Johnson, D & Du Plessis, R 2014 'Pathways for Transformation: Disaster risk management to enhance development goals' Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction , United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. <http://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/gar/2015/en/bgdocs/Pelling,%202014.pdf>

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Pelling, M., Ghosh, A., Gibson, T., Matyas, D., Siddiqi, A., Solecki, W., Johnson, L., Kenney, C., Johnson, D., & Du Plessis, R. (2014). Pathways for Transformation: Disaster risk management to enhance development goals. (Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction ). United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. http://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/gar/2015/en/bgdocs/Pelling,%202014.pdf

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Pelling M, Ghosh A, Gibson T, Matyas D, Siddiqi A, Solecki W et al. Pathways for Transformation: Disaster risk management to enhance development goals. United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. 2014 Jul. (Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction ).

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