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    2 May 2008
    Preventable disasters: addressing social vulnerability, institutional risk, and civil ethics

    Article in: Geographisches Rundscahu: international edition, vol. 3, no. 1

    It is generally agreed that natural disasters have been increasing in number and total losses for a century at least. There is much less agreement over what this means, and the

    Bildungshaus Schulbuchverlage Westermann
    Article in: Geographisches Rundscahu: international edition, vol. 3, no. 1

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