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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

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d) Intentional disasters, comprising all forms of terrorism and sabotage. (e) The next question is where to draw the boundaries in the study of disasters and practice of disaster risk reduction. Warming has already begun to have a substantial effect on the magnitude and frequency of meteorological hazards.

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The 1980 Southern Italian Earthquake After Forty Years

Emergency Planning

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The year 1980 was something of a watershed in the field of disaster risk reduction (or disaster management as it was then known). The incessant, cumulative hammer-blow effect of disasters of all kinds on modern society had begun to stimulate a consistent demand for greater safety and security.

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