Social aspects of disasters and their relevance to pre-disaster planning.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1977Description: 9p., no refsReport number: AcademicSubject: This paper discusses, in a general way, behavior and problems in disasters, or catastrophes. It is very difficult to separate the distinctive or the unique from the typical, and the usual, by looking at only one case. Pre-planning in the main has to be for the typical case. There is considerable danger in trying to learn only from the last experience, or the last similar sets of experiences. Pre-planning will not eliminate disasters, but it should soften the impact and permit greater effectiveness in responding to the needs that disasters generate
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Reprinted from Disasters; 1977; Vol 1; No 2; pp98-106
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This paper discusses, in a general way, behavior and problems in disasters, or catastrophes. It is very difficult to separate the distinctive or the unique from the typical, and the usual, by looking at only one case. Pre-planning in the main has to be for the typical case. There is considerable danger in trying to learn only from the last experience, or the last similar sets of experiences. Pre-planning will not eliminate disasters, but it should soften the impact and permit greater effectiveness in responding to the needs that disasters generate
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