Social Aspects of Disasters and Their Relevance to Pre-Disaster Planning

Date
1976-06-14
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Disaster Research Center
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The previous speakers have done a fine job in presenting you with a case study of a particular disaster—the Guatemalan earthquake of 1976. They have given a good account of a real situation faced by real people with real problems. Particularly for anyone with little or limited experiences in massive catastrophes, what has been conveyed has given a very good sense of what was involved in that particular event.
Keywords
pre-disaster planning, behavioral problems, disasters, catastrophe
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