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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Emerald Publishing Ltd. 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. Review of Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management, e dited by Allessandra Jerolleman and William L.

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

Pandemics are included because many of the effects of a pandemic are likely to be socio-economic in nature. There is also a link between pandemics and the 'intentional disaster' of bioterrorism (Trufanov et al. For example, counter-terrorism policy and policy against natural hazards can be quite different.

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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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