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Natural and Technological Disaster Management: Uncertainty in Technical, Sociopolitical and Scientific Issues

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Land-Based and Marine Hazards

Part of the book series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research ((NTHR,volume 7))

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A certain number of natural and technological disasters in Canada and around the world are presented to illustrate the role that complexity and uncertainty play in the issues pertaining to many catastrophes: technological, sociopolitical and, sometimes, scientific issues. In order to deal with this uncertainty, the interaction between organizational structure, culture and technology, as applied to developing countries, sheds new light on disaster management.

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  1. Department of Industrial Engineering, Ecole Polytechnique, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, H3 C 3A7, Canada

    H. Denis

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  1. Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec, Canada

    M. I. El-Sabh

  2. Environment Canada, Toronto, Canada

    S. Venkatesh

  3. Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

    H. Denis

  4. The Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia

    T. S. Murty

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Denis, H. (1996). Natural and Technological Disaster Management: Uncertainty in Technical, Sociopolitical and Scientific Issues. In: El-Sabh, M.I., Venkatesh, S., Denis, H., Murty, T.S. (eds) Land-Based and Marine Hazards. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0273-2_14

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