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NEW PUBLICATION: Article in Territorium 18

              Proposing an empirical approach to risk management focusing on damage reduction, this is an article by Ricardo A. Alvarez published in Territorium 18 – 2011, pp 5-22, Digital Publication, ISBN: 978-989-96253-2-7; ISSN: 1647-7723. … Continue reading

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Tropical Cyclones

The United Nations declared the last decade of the 20th century, 1990-2000, the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) inviting the nations of the world to work together toward reducing damage caused by the impact of natural hazards. To … Continue reading

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