Disaster reduction : the importance of adequate assumptions about social organization.
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TextLanguage: ENG Series: Preliminary paper (University of Delaware. Disaster Research Center) ; 172Publication details: 1991Description: 18 pSubject: There are current efforts, including the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, to modify the effects of disaster. Many of those efforts emphasize technological solutions and view "people" as impediments to progress. Efforts to reduce disaster involve planning and action by various social units. The success of such efforts depends on the adequacy of understanding social dimension. Three examples emphasize the importance of the underlying social assumptions: a) the presuppostions that undergird much of contemporary emergency planning, b) the issues relating to the institutionalization of flood mitigation measures in developing countries, and c) the resettlement of populations as a mechanism to reduce future risk. These examples point out the importance of understanding both the social costs and possibilities for effective social action
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There are current efforts, including the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, to modify the effects of disaster. Many of those efforts emphasize technological solutions and view "people" as impediments to progress. Efforts to reduce disaster involve planning and action by various social units. The success of such efforts depends on the adequacy of understanding social dimension. Three examples emphasize the importance of the underlying social assumptions: a) the presuppostions that undergird much of contemporary emergency planning, b) the issues relating to the institutionalization of flood mitigation measures in developing countries, and c) the resettlement of populations as a mechanism to reduce future risk. These examples point out the importance of understanding both the social costs and possibilities for effective social action
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