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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

While not independent of the magnitude of physical forces involved, it is not linearly related to them because it depends on the nature and size of the vulnerabilities that the physical forces act upon. Included are toxic spills, transportation crashes and the effects of human error. (c) Disasters 42(S2): S265-S286. Necci 2019.