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In recent years a variety of natural and manmade disasters such as earthquakes, volcanoes, floods, hurricanes, chemical spills, nuclear leaks, epidemics, crashes, explosions, and urban fires have occurred frequently around the world. They are a direct cause of the loss of human lives and property and seriously damage the stability of our societies.
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Shan, S., Yan, Q. (2017). Introduction. In: Emergency Response Decision Support System. SpringerBriefs in Business. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3542-5_1
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