Disastrous Assumptions About Community Disasters
| Author(s) | Dynes, Russell R. | |
| Date Accessioned | 2005-03-14 | |
| Date Available | 2005-03-14 | |
| Publication Date | 1994 | |
| Description | That there is a discrepancy between disaster planning efforts and the actual response experience seems rather universal. That discrepancy is symbolized by the graffiti which predictably surfaces on many walls in post disaster locations-- “First the earthquake, - then disaster. ” That contradiction is seldom reduced as a result of post disaster critiques, since the most usual conclusion is that the plan was adequate but the “people” did not follow it. Another explanation will be provided here. A more plausible explanation for failure is that most planning efforts adopt a number of erroneous assumptions which affect the outcome. Those assumptions are infrequently changed or modified by experience. | en |
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| URL | http://udspace.udel.edu/handle/19716/595 | |
| Language | en_US | |
| Publisher | Disaster Research Center | en |
| Part of Series | Preliminary Papers;212 | |
| Keywords | disastrous assumptions | en |
| Keywords | community disaster | en |
| Title | Disastrous Assumptions About Community Disasters | en |
| Type | Other | en |