Beyond the United States: Emergency management higher education initiatives in New Zealand and Japan

Neil R. Britton

doi:10.5055/jem.2005.0052

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Neil R. Britton

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https://doi.org/10.5055/jem.2005.0052

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Author Biography

Neil R. Britton

Team Leader, International Disaster Reduction Strategies, Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center, National Research Institute for Earth Sciences and Disaster Prevention, Kobe, Japan.

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