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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

There is also a link between pandemics and the 'intentional disaster' of bioterrorism (Trufanov et al. Currently, there is renewed interest in the relationship between conflict and disasters, or, if the reader prefers, conflict and other forms of disaster (e.g. Field 2018). Disasters 42(S2): S265-S286. UNDRR 2019.

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USAID uses Amazon Transcribe to publish speeches in minutes

AWS Public Sector Blog

The United States Agency for International Development ( USAID ) is a federal government agency responsible for extending civilian foreign aid and development assistance, such as for countries that need disaster response and recovery resources, are trying to escape poverty, and are engaging in democratic reforms.