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  1. A Physical Science Perspective on Disaster: Through the Prism of Global Warming
  2. Michael Oppenheimer
  3. pp. 659-668
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0007
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  1. Possibilistic Thinking: A New Conceptual Tool for Thinking about Extreme Events
  2. Lee Clarke
  3. pp. 669-690
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0013
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  1. Preconditions of Disaster: Premonitions of Tragedy
  2. John C. Mutter
  3. pp. 691-724
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0018
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  1. Disasters Evermore?: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters
  2. Charles Perrow
  3. pp. 733-752
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0029
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  1. Differential Vulnerabilities: Environmental and Economic Inequality and Government Response to Unnatural Disasters
  2. Robert D. Bullard
  3. pp. 753-784
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0035
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  1. Population Vulnerabilities, Preconditions, and the Consequences of Disasters
  2. Irwin Redlener
  3. pp. 785-792
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0005
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  1. The Politics of Infrastructure
  2. Joseph W. Westphal
  3. pp. 793-804
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0011
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  1. Disaster Planning and Preparedness: A Human Story
  2. Nicholas Scoppetta
  3. pp. 807-814
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0016
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  1. Toward a New Risk Architecture: The Question of Catastrophe Risk Calculus
  2. Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan
  3. pp. 819-854
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0027
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  1. Fear, Denial, and Sensible Action in the Face of Disasters
  2. Elliot Aronson
  3. pp. 855-872
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0033
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  1. Conventional Beliefs and Counterintuitive Realities
  2. Enrico L. Quarantelli
  3. pp. 873-904
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0003
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  1. Reducing Losses from Catastrophic Risks through Long-Term Insurance and Mitigation
  2. Howard Kunreuther
  3. pp. 905-930
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0009
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  1. Disaster Impacts: Implications and Policy Responses
  2. Reid Basher
  3. pp. 937-954
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0019
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  1. Risk, Migration, and Rural Financial Markets: Evidence from Earthquakes in El Salvador
  2. Dean Yang
  3. pp. 955-992
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0024
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  1. After the Storm: Rebuilding Cities upon Reflexive Infrastructure
  2. William R. Morrish
  3. pp. 993-1014
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0030
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  1. Disasters and Health: Distress, Disorders, and Disaster Behaviors in Communities, Neighborhoods, and Nations
  2. Robert J. Ursano, Carol S. Fullerton, Artin Terhakopian
  3. pp. 1015-1028
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0000
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  1. Endangered Scholars Worldwide
  2. Arien Mack
  3. pp. v-vii
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0025
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  1. Editor’s Introduction
  2. Arien Mack
  3. pp. ix-x
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0031
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  1. Introduction: What We Talk about When We Talk about Disasters
  2. Jonathan Veitch
  3. pp. 655-658
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0001
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  1. Introduction: The Potential for Catastrophe
  2. Ron Kassimir
  3. pp. 727-732
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0023
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  1. Introduction: What “Really” Happens When Disasters Happen: Preparations and Responses
  2. Joel Towers
  3. pp. 817-818
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0021
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  1. Introduction: Thinking Possibilistically in a Probabilistic World
  2. Lee Clarke
  3. pp. 933-936
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0014
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  1. Notes on Contributors
  3. pp. 1033-1034
  4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/sor.2008.0006
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