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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

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There has also been a rise in geophysical events including earthquakes and tsunamis which have killed more people than any of the other natural hazards under review in this report. This is what, in the climate environment, the World Meteorological Organization and Disaster Management Agencies at national Government levels are doing.

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

A more up-to-date rationale might state that "there is nothing more natural than human propensity to cause disasters." For example, business continuity management has a slightly different set of priorities which induces it to change the emphasis among triggering factors (Elliott et al. Disaster Prevention and Management 11(3): 209-213.

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Community Resilience or Community Dystopia in Disaster Risk Reduction?

Emergency Planning

Yet, faced with natural hazards, relative isolation, economic deprivation and cultural decline, it badly needs social solidarity, and that is something it lacks. In any manageable geographical unit there are likely to be associations of citizens: faith groups, voluntary associations; recreational, political and business groups.