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Hazard Warnings and Responses to Evacuation Orders: the Case of Bangladesh's Cyclone Sidr*

Bimal K. Paul Professor of geography at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
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Sohini Dutt Graduate student in geography, at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506
Pages 336-355 | Received 29 Jun 2010, Published online: 04 Nov 2019

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