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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Emergency Planning

Something similar has happened with the Internet and social media. The former has been in widespread use since about 1993, and the latter since around 2009. Early views of the Internet and disasters (e.g. Any attempt to relate the current anomie to disaster risk reduction (DRR) must take account of the 'egg hypothesis'.