2013 Capacity Hazard Vulnerability 
Emergency Planning
JUNE 9, 2019
The study of disasters is a 'lateral discipline' that, to varying degrees embraces at least 42 other disciplines and professions (Alexander 2013). Warming has already begun to have a substantial effect on the magnitude and frequency of meteorological hazards. Disaster is fundamentally a social phenomenon. Alexander, D. Alexander, D.E.
National Center for Disaster Prepardness
JANUARY 19, 2022
At the same time, we see widening inequalities in who has access to recovery resources, and disparities in vulnerability that are too often predictable by socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity. In an era of threats and vulnerabilities that are increasing in complexity we need to simplify the process.
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