Communication-related vulnerability to disasters: A heuristic framework

@article{Hansson2020CommunicationrelatedVT,
  title={Communication-related vulnerability to disasters: A heuristic framework},
  author={Sten Hansson and Kati Orru and Andra Siibak and Asta B{\"a}ck and Marco Kr{\"u}ger and Friedrich Gabel and Claudia Morsut},
  journal={International journal of disaster risk reduction},
  year={2020},
  volume={51},
  pages={101931}
}
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