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Article Open Access February 20, 2023

Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in the Curricular of Colleges of Education in Ghana

Nana Sika Ntim 1,*
1
Department of Social Sciences, Akrokerri College of Education, Akrokerri, Ghana
Publihed in: World Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture (Volume 3, Issue 1, 2023)
Page(s): 17-27
DOI: 10.31586/ojer.2023.627
Received
April 23, 2022
Revised
July 10, 2022
Accepted
September 13, 2022
Published
February 20, 2023
Keywords
Mainstreaming; Disaster Risk Reduction; Curriculum Colleges of Education
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Ntim, N. S. (2023). Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in the Curricular of Colleges of Education in Ghana. World Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, 3(1), 17-27. https://doi.org/10.31586/ojer.2023.627
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Ntim, N. S. Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in the Curricular of Colleges of Education in Ghana. World Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture 2023 3(1), 17-27. https://doi.org/10.31586/ojer.2023.627
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Ntim, Nana Sika. 2023. "Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in the Curricular of Colleges of Education in Ghana". World Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture 3, no. 1: 17-27. https://doi.org/10.31586/ojer.2023.627
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Ntim NS. Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in the Curricular of Colleges of Education in Ghana. World Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture. 2023; 3(1):17-27. https://doi.org/10.31586/ojer.2023.627 
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