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9 - The Right to Adequate Housing in Post-Disaster Situations

The Case of Relocated Communities in Tamil Nadu, India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

Patrick Daly
Affiliation:
Earth Observatory of Singapore
R. Michael Feener
Affiliation:
National University of Singapore
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Rebuilding Asia Following Natural Disasters
Approaches to Reconstruction in the Asia-Pacific Region
, pp. 236 - 260
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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