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I am the founding editor of the International Journal of Disaster RiskReduction (IJDRR), which began publishing in August 2012 with just four papers. Prior to submitting a work for publication, one must make sure that one has read all the truly pertinent literature.
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Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man." Resilience and disaster riskreduction: an etymological journey. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 13(11): 2707-2716. Centuries later, George Bernard Shaw summarised it as follows: "A reasonable man adapts himself to the world. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1986.tb00102.x
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