A Dilemma of Language: “Natural Disasters” in Academic Literature
Abstract For decades sections of the academic community have been emphasizing that disasters are not natural. Nevertheless, politicians, the media, various international organizations—and, more surprisingly, many established researchers working in disaster studies—are still widely using the expressi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2019-09-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Disaster Risk Science |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-019-00232-2 |