This book provides a unique blend of integrated disaster risk communication research conducted by authors with diverse backgrounds, including social psychology,

This book presents a decade of advances in the psychological, biological and social responses to disasters, helping medics and leaders prepare and react.

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Communications are key to the success of disaster mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Accurate information disseminated to the general public, to

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