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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Emerald Publishing Ltd. The principles establish a high and, for all the authors of this volume, a necessary standard for the aspirations of emergency managers and the communities they serve, to work toward disaster recovery processes and practices whereby: #1 ….all Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management.

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

d) Intentional disasters, comprising all forms of terrorism and sabotage. (e) Na-techs' (natural-technological disasters) appear in this category (Krausmann et al. Pandemics are included because many of the effects of a pandemic are likely to be socio-economic in nature. Natural Disasters. Alexander, D.

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Book Review: The Continuing Storm: Learning from Katrina

Recovery Diva

Studies, Yale University and Lori Peek, Professor of Sociology and Director of the Natural. Hazards Research Center, University of Colorado Boulder. Publisher: University of Texas Press Austin Texas. Professor Emeritus of Sociology and American. Hardcover Price $90.00.

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