2007 Hazard Risk Reduction Vulnerability 
Emergency Planning
MARCH 7, 2019
Myth 17: Unburied dead bodies constitute a health hazard. Reality: Not even advanced decomposition causes a significant health hazard. In addition, technology is a potential source of vulnerability as well as a means of reducing it. Myth 59: Cost-benefit data will convince decision makers to invest in disaster risk reduction.
Emergency Planning
JULY 29, 2019
Any attempt to relate the current anomie to disaster risk reduction (DRR) must take account of the 'egg hypothesis'. In modern disaster risk reduction, problem solvers abound. The tendency in research and policy advice is to assume that everyone in power has a strong desire to reduce hazards and threats.
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