Gaillard, J. C. Wisner, Ben Benouar, Djillali Cannon, Terry Creton-Cazanave, Laurence Dekens, Julie Fordham, Maureen Gilbert, Claude Hewitt, Kenneth Kelman, Ilan Lavell, Allan Morin, Julie N'Diaye, Abdoulaye O'Keefe, Phil Oliver-Smith, Anthony Quesada, Cecile Revet, Sandrine Sudmeier-Rieux, Karen Texier, Pauline Vallette, Cloé 2010 <jats:p> The daily media is filled with images of catastrophic events which seem increasingly frequent and violent. In parallel there are a large range of scientific studies, debates in the policy arena, and a growing number of international institutions focused on disaster reduction. But a paradox remains that despite advances in technology, disasters continue to increase, affecting many individuals in rich as well as poor countries. </jats:p> application/pdf https://sonar.ch/global/documents/78252 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1177/194277861000300106 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/issn/1942-7786 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Human Geography. - SAGE Publications. - 2010, vol. 3, no. 1, p. 66-88 Alternatives for Sustained Disaster Risk Reduction http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501