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21 - Prevention of Disaster Impact and Outcome Cascades

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 January 2017

By
James M. Shultz ,
Maria Espinola ,
Andreas Rechkemmer ,
Madeline A. Cohen  and
Zelde Espinel
Edited by
Moshe Israelashvili  and
John L. Romano
Moshe Israelashvili
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
John L. Romano
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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The Cambridge Handbook of International Prevention Science , pp. 492 - 519
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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