Reducing vulnerability to natural hazards.

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Foster, Harold D

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: JAN 1984Description: 30 p. : illSubject(s):

Subject: Briefly discusses an interrelated series of steps that can be taken to achieve the worthwhile objective of encouraging local authorities to plan comprehensively to reduce risk. It is no longer adequate to refer to disasters as Acts of God as in the final analysis it is society which will suffer the catastrophes it deserves

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Reprinted from The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance; Vol. 9 No. 30; January 1984; pp27-56

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Briefly discusses an interrelated series of steps that can be taken to achieve the worthwhile objective of encouraging local authorities to plan comprehensively to reduce risk. It is no longer adequate to refer to disasters as Acts of God as in the final analysis it is society which will suffer the catastrophes it deserves

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