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Pages: 340
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Categories: Business & Economics
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Language: en
Pages: 339
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Type: BOOK - Published: 1982-03-22 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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After Great Disasters
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Pages: 380
Authors: Laurie A. Johnson
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Great natural disasters are rare, but their aftermath can change the fortunes of a city or region forever. This book and its companion Policy Focus Report ident
Dull Disasters?
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Pages: 154
Authors: Daniel Jonathan Clarke
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Tragedy at Honda
Language: en
Pages: 214
Authors: Charles A. Lockwood
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