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Responsibility of Geoscience in Natural Disaster Risk Management

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Progress in the science and technology of natural hazards and of related coping mechanisms have made it possible over the past years to introduce significant changes in our response to natural hazards. Science is a systematic approach of collecting knowledge about nature and condensing and synthesizing that knowledge into testable laws and theories, whereas technology is a term referring to a collection of techniques and the knowhow to make practical use of them. Science and technology significantly empower humans to control and adapt to their natural environments and moreover comprise how scientific research and technological innovation can affect social, political, and cultural values.

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Ranke, U. (2016). Responsibility of Geoscience in Natural Disaster Risk Management. In: Natural Disaster Risk Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20675-2_10

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