Traditional and Local Knowledge Practices for Disaster Risk Reduction in Northern Ghana
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- Priscilla T. Apronti & Saito Osamu & Kei Otsuki & Gordana Kranjac-Berisavljevic, 2015. "Education for Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR): Linking Theory with Practice in Ghana’s Basic Schools," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 7(7), pages 1-27, July.
- Boafo, Yaw Agyeman & Saito, Osamu & Jasaw, Godfred Seidu & Otsuki, Kei & Takeuchi, Kazuhiko, 2016. "Provisioning ecosystem services-sharing as a coping and adaptation strategy among rural communities in Ghana's semi-arid ecosystem," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 19(C), pages 92-102.
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disasters; disaster risk reduction; traditional and local knowledge; coping practices;All these keywords.
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