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9780195216967
The current models habitually used to interpret disasters are now decades old and relate to a time when society held markedly different views. The author of this provocative new book, a physical geographer and survivor of a major earthquake in southern Italy (1980), reconceptualizes the story of disaster in terms of present-day trends and tendencies.David Alexander is the author of 'Confronting Catastrophe: New Perspectives on Natural Disasters', published 2000 under ISBN 9780195216967 and ISBN 0195216962.
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