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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Risks in Resettling

When faced with an option either to choose between ecological hazard and social hazard... some people would accept the hazard of ecological risks of staying in a disaster prone area over choosing to resettle elsewhere because of the imposing social risks (which may be a fate much worse). (Oliver-Smith, 1991)

Source:
A. Oliver Smith. 1991. Success and Failures in Post-Disaster Resettlement. Disasters - the Journal of Disaster Studies and Management Vol 15. No.1

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