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This book covers a wide range of disaster management issues, and attempt to introduce the subject in a comprehensive way. It avoids the narrow focus and considerable complexity of many other books in this area where in depth treatment is required, students are recommended to read relevant texts by leading contributors to idea about disaster management thinking and practice. The objective of the book is to bring together a balanced selection of core concepts as well as new perspectives that collectively articulate a knowledge based view of disaster management. This book is designed to be a comprehensive text on disaster management for students. The text covers the appropriate theory, starting with ‘content’ issues and moving on to ‘implementation’ issues.
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