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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

b) Technological disasters, caused by malfunction or unintended consequences of technology. Included are toxic spills, transportation crashes and the effects of human error. (c) c) Social disasters, including crowd crushes, riots and strikes among the providers of critical infrastructure. (d) Herbane 2010. Field 2018).

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The Primacy of Social Capital for Community Resilience

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Transportation accidents. Magis ( 2010 ) similarly defines it as “the existence, development and engagement of community resources by community members to thrive in an environment characterized by change, uncertainty, unpredictability and surprise” (p. Earthquakes. Ice storms. Infectious disease outbreaks. Industrial accidents.

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