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Understanding that hazards are social constructions and do not exist independently of human activity goes back to the early work of Gilbert F. White, who according to many is the grandfather of hazards research.
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Cutter, S.L. (2022). Vulnerability and Resilience Science: Concepts, Tools, and Practice. In: James, H., Shaw, R., Sharma, V., Lukasiewicz, A. (eds) Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia Pacific. Disaster Risk, Resilience, Reconstruction and Recovery. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4811-3_11
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