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A brief critique of UK emergency arrangements in the light of the Covid-19 crisis

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Meanwhile, in Britain, there were shortcomings in the response to the 1999 Ladbroke Grove train crash, particularly in the treatment of the survivors. The same shortcomings were present in the 2005 London bombings, as were others (for example, the way in which 'major incident' as declared).

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The next question is where to draw the boundaries in the study of disasters and practice of disaster risk reduction. Another reason is that disaster response has undergone a long-drawn-out process of civilianisation. Revealing the socioeconomic impact of small disasters in Colombia using the DesInventar database.

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