Opinion Paper
Post-disaster research: Is there gold worth the rush?
Submitted: 03 February 2014 | Published: 30 April 2015
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JC Gaillard, School of Environment, University of Auckland, New ZealandChristopher Gomez, Department of Geography, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
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