Disaster Risk Management: Disciplinary status and prospects for a unifying theory

The purpose of this paper is to explore the disciplinary status of Disaster Risk Management (DRM) as an emerging, applied, social science and to consider prospects for the establishment of a unifying theory or philosophical underpinning for the discipline. The exploration of the disciplinary status...

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Main Author: Gerrit van der Waldt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AOSIS 2013-02-01
Series:Jàmbá : Journal of Disaster Risk Studies
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Online Access:https://jamba.org.za/index.php/jamba/article/view/76