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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The study of disasters is a 'lateral discipline' that, to varying degrees embraces at least 42 other disciplines and professions (Alexander 2013). Included are toxic spills, transportation crashes and the effects of human error. (c) Taxonomy is the process of classifying things or concepts and is usually backed by principles.

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