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Interpretations of Calamity
Language: en
Pages: 325
Authors: K. Hewitt
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-09-18 - Publisher: Routledge

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Originally published in 1983, Interpretations of Calamity provides a provocative critique of the ‘dominant view’ of research into natural hazards. Throughou
Interpretations of Calamity
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Taylor & Francis Group
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-04-30 - Publisher: Routledge

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Originally published in 1983, Interpretations of Calamity provides a provocative critique of the 'dominant view' of research into natural hazards. Throughout th
Learning and Calamities
Language: en
Pages: 334
Authors: Heike Egner
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-08-13 - Publisher: Routledge

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It is widely assumed that humanity should be able to learn from calamities (e.g., emergencies, disasters, catastrophes) and that the affected individuals, group
Interpretations of Calamity
Language: en
Pages: 313
Authors: K. Hewitt
Categories: Nature
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-09-18 - Publisher: Routledge

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Originally published in 1983, Interpretations of Calamity provides a provocative critique of the ‘dominant view’ of research into natural hazards. Throughou
At Risk
Language: en
Pages: 465
Authors: Benjamin Wisner
Categories: Disasters
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004 - Publisher: Psychology Press

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The second edition of At Risk confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters since it was first published, and argues that extreme na