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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

We take risks (for example, by living in seismic zones or floodable areas), either because we see distinct advantages in doing so and we don't think the risks outweigh them, or because we don't perceive any alternatives (perhaps we feel we can't afford to live in a safer place). Myth 46: Disasters always happen to someone else.

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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Emergency Planning

Any attempt to relate the current anomie to disaster risk reduction (DRR) must take account of the 'egg hypothesis'. In modern disaster risk reduction, problem solvers abound. Journal of Emergency Management 8(6): 15-27. Social media in disaster risk reduction and crisis management. Marks, S.R.