2013-11-14 00:42:16.89091+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Tim Kovach: There's no such thing as a natural disaster:
But a tropical storm or a tornado does not a disaster make. Rather, the risk of a disaster is a product of three variables: a natural hazard (e.g. a fault line or damaging winds), physical and economic exposure to the hazard, and socioeconomic vulnerability.
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