Towards an integration of natural hazards and sustainability.
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TextPublication details: [United States] : National Association of Environmental Professionals, [199-]Description: p. 117-126Subject: Arguments presented in this paper are intended to initiate the discourse needed to link natural hazards with the sustainability concept while striving to expand the current natural hazards paradigm in the United States. Natural hazards losses are primarily the consequence of unsustainable development. a progressive natural hazards paradigm calls for broader goals that link hazards to their global context by focusing on sustainability and striving for societal resiliency. In order for the sustainability concept to become part of daily life in the United States, alterations to basic human values, practices, and approaches that guide society/environment interactions must occur
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At head of title: Professional reports
In: The Environmental Professional, vol. 17, 1995
Includes bibliographical references
Arguments presented in this paper are intended to initiate the discourse needed to link natural hazards with the sustainability concept while striving to expand the current natural hazards paradigm in the United States. Natural hazards losses are primarily the consequence of unsustainable development. a progressive natural hazards paradigm calls for broader goals that link hazards to their global context by focusing on sustainability and striving for societal resiliency. In order for the sustainability concept to become part of daily life in the United States, alterations to basic human values, practices, and approaches that guide society/environment interactions must occur
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