Converting disaster scholarship into effective disaster planning and managing : possibilities and limitations.
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TextLanguage: ENG Series: Preliminary paper (University of Delaware. Disaster Research Center) ; 162Publication details: 1991Description: 25 pSubject(s): Subject: Particularly emphasizes that research can be used in a variety of ways, some going considerably beyond the obvious - these are the possibilities. It is also noted that there are certain things research cannot be expected to do - these are the limitations. If we understand the complexities of these possibilities and limitations it will be easier to better plan for and manage disasters
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An earlier version of this paper was produced under the title of "Converting disaster scholarship into effective disaster management", Preliminary paper #117
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Particularly emphasizes that research can be used in a variety of ways, some going considerably beyond the obvious - these are the possibilities. It is also noted that there are certain things research cannot be expected to do - these are the limitations. If we understand the complexities of these possibilities and limitations it will be easier to better plan for and manage disasters
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