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Roger E. Kasperson, K. David Pijawka, Societal Response to Hazards and Major Hazard Events: Comparing Natural and Technological Hazards, Public Administration Review, Vol. 45, Special Issue: Emergency Management: A Challenge for Public Administration (Jan., 1985), pp. 7-18
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