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The year 1992 may well be described in Dutch history books as a year of disasters. In twelve months, The Netherlands was struck by several events which can be considered as disasters by any standard: a jet fighter crashed in a residential area, a relatively strong earthquake, an enormous explosion and following fire at a chemical plant, several train crashes and two major air catastrophes, with the crashing of a Boeing cargo plane in the outskirts of Amsterdam even having global repercussions.
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Gutteling, J.M., Wiegman, O. (1996). Hazards and Risks. In: Exploring Risk Communication. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, vol 8. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1523-2_1
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