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Interview with Donald Hughes [2010, p. 308]
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http://www.ifrc.org/en/what-we-do/disaster-management/about-disasters/what-is-a-disaster/(retrieved on May 24, 2012).
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Pfeifer, N., Pfeifer, K. (2013). Forces of Nature and Cultural Responses: An Introduction. In: Pfeifer, K., Pfeifer, N. (eds) Forces of Nature and Cultural Responses. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5000-5_1
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