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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

While not independent of the magnitude of physical forces involved, it is not linearly related to them because it depends on the nature and size of the vulnerabilities that the physical forces act upon. Warming has already begun to have a substantial effect on the magnitude and frequency of meteorological hazards. Field 2018).

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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Emergency Planning

However, by the Haiti earthquake of 2010, a different picture had become to emerge and establish itself (Alexander 2010). The tendency in research and policy advice is to assume that everyone in power has a strong desire to reduce hazards and threats. Journal of Emergency Management 8(6): 15-27. References Alexander, D.E.