What Is A Disaster?New Answers to Old Questions  -  Ronald W. Perry, Enrico Louis Quarantelli

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What is a Disaster? Addresses the most basic question in the field: that of defining the phenomenon of study. For theoretical advancement, it is important that researchers begin to develop a consensus about the meaning of disasters and related phenomena. With the rise in international terrorism, one must clarify whether these events are disasters and if so, what kind of disasters. Similarly, in addition to natural disasters, do we include riots, explosions, nuclear power plant accidents, damn collapses, and...
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2005 Uitgever: Xlibris Corporation 444 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 1413479855 ISBN-13: 9781413479850