Perceived change in risk of natural disasters caused by global warming
The Australian Journal of Emergency Management
; 17(3): 34-8, Nov. 2002.
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em En
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| ID: des-14857
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CR3.1
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ABSTRACT
Natural hazards causing disasters that lead to human suffering are as much a product of the social, political and economic environment as they are of the natural environment. It follows, therefore, that the risk associated with natural hazards is in part a social construct that, as Young (1998) has pointed out, is perceived differently by all of us and must be defined with this mind. For example, risk is defined by Emergency Management Australia (1995) as the perceived likelihood of given levels of harm (AU)
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DESASTRES
Assunto principal:
Ameaças
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Desastres Naturais
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
The Australian Journal of Emergency Management
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Article