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is a disaster risk management specialist, currently working for the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC Global). The author posits that the attempt to reduce disaster losses by bridging the “nature/hazard versus culture/vulnerability binary” by the Western governments in the lesser developed parts of the world has only been partially effective.
By Lorenzo Marchetti, Public Affairs Manager at Everbridge Ilan Kelman, Professor of Disasters and Health, University College London and University of Agder Carina Fearnley, Director, UCL Warning Research Centre, Professor in Warnings and Science Communication, Dept.
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