Organizing is represented by a structural code having four elements: domains (D), tasks (T), human and material resources (R), and activities (A). The code is u

In a format of presentation, critique, and commentary, disaster researchers and sociological theorists address basic theoretical issues underlying studies of so

How and why did credible scientists, engineers, government officials, journalists, and others collectively give rise to a drastic failure to control the threat

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