TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Preventive Disaster Management of Extreme Natural Events
JO  - Natural hazards
A1  - Ismail-Zadeh, A
A1  - Takeuchi, K.
SP  - 459
EP  - 467
VL  - 42
IS  - 3
N2  - Several recent extreme natural events resulted in great humanitarian tragedies because of weak preventive disaster management. Here we analyze several factors ( natural, economical, political, awareness, and preparedness) that brought about the humanitarian tragedies of the early 21st century. We discuss then the role of science in the preventive disaster management of extreme natural events.     <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0921-030X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -