Information seeking and evacuation decision making in hypothetical hurricane events in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Emergency Management
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1471-4825,1741-5071
DOI: 10.1504/ijem.2019.099206