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Disaster Risk Reduction is not a Paradigm

Emergency Planning

The 1970s were a period in which Kuhn's ideas were vigorously debated by people who were much more knowledgeable in the philosophy of science than I will ever be (Meiland 1974, Nickles 2003, Scheffler 1972). Like any field of study, disaster risk reduction needs lateral thinking. Natural Hazards 86: 969-988. Meiland, J.W.