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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Review of Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management, e dited by Allessandra Jerolleman and William L. Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Richard Krajeski, presented with transcribed commentary by a dozen participants of a special session held in his memory as part of the July 2020 Natural Hazard Workshop.

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

Included are toxic spills, transportation crashes and the effects of human error. (c) Warming has already begun to have a substantial effect on the magnitude and frequency of meteorological hazards. Disaster risk reduction policy is heavily influenced by the class of disaster involved. Disasters 42(S2): S265-S286. Girgin and A.