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Disaster Risk Reduction is not a Paradigm

Emergency Planning

The 1970s were a period in which Kuhn's ideas were vigorously debated by people who were much more knowledgeable in the philosophy of science than I will ever be (Meiland 1974, Nickles 2003, Scheffler 1972). susceptible t o fads and fashions instead of true paradigms? DRR is now a large enough field to generate this. Meiland, J.W.

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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

It is a mixture of simple errors, lax procedures, ignorance, deliberate evasion, indifference to public safety, untenable architectural fashions, corruption and failure to enforce the codes. Mosalam 2003. The tragedy lies in their non-observance and the paucity of retrofitting. It is these that collapse. Whittaker, K.J.