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G. Kahen

Abstract

In this paper, after highlighting the concepts and types of disasters, the role of prevention and management, and of the human experts for restricting the scope of natural disasters particularly in developing countries will be discussed. Then, an attempt will be made to outline an academic MSc. course in natural disasters sciences which was developed by the author and has been implemented in Iran, a disaster-prone developing country. 1 Introduction Many developing countries suffer from 'technological* (e.g. the case of Bhopal in India) or 'natural' disasters (e.g. earthquake in Iran, flood in Bangladesh) every year. In fact, apart from geographical and natural fac

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