Self organization in disaster response and recovery: The Maharashtra, India Earthquake of September 30, 1993

Authors

Louise K. Comfort

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

January 1995

Creation Date

1995

Collection Name

Natural Hazard Center Collection

Publisher Information

Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, University of Colorado

Keywords

Disaster relief, Earthquakes, Emergency management, India, Latur, Latur Earthquake, India, 1993, Maharashtra

Abstract

This earthquake is known by various names. Marathawada is a region and Latur is a district in Maharashtra State. Killari is the nearest town to the epicenter.

Physical Information

42 p. : ill. ; 28 cm

Comments

"Submitted to the Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado at Boulder in partial fulfillment of the requirements for a Quick Response Grant, March 23, 1995." Includes bibliographical references (p. 31-35).

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Scholar Commons Citation

Comfort, Louise K., "Self organization in disaster response and recovery: The Maharashtra, India Earthquake of September 30, 1993" (1995). FMHI Publications. 42.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/fmhi_pub/42