
ERIC Number: EJ540229
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1996
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Societal Responses to Environmental Hazards.
Cutter, Susan L.
International Social Science Journal, v48 n150 n4 p525-36 Dec 1996
Examines the increasing hazardousness of places as a consequence of natural disasters, technological failures, and chronic environmental degradation on a global scale. Describes the trends and impacts of environmental hazards, including their frequency, magnitude and damage on both a regional and international scale. (MJP)
Descriptors: Accidents, Ecology, Economic Development, Emergency Programs, Environment, Environmental Influences, Environmental Scanning, Geographic Concepts, Geography, Hazardous Materials, Higher Education, Natural Disasters, Physical Environment, Pollution, Public Health, Quality of Life, Safety, Science and Society
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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