RETHINKING DISASTER MANAGEMENT BY FOCUSING ON DEVELOPMENT
April 24, 2008
April 24, 2008
MADISON, Wis., April 24 -- The University of Wisconsin issued the following news release:
How we think about a disaster stems from the origin of the word itself: "Disastro" is the Latin word meaning "from the stars."
Yet the idea that a disaster is an uncontrollable, divine event is something Don Schramm does not accept.
Director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Disaster Management Center (DMC) and a faculty associate in the . . .
How we think about a disaster stems from the origin of the word itself: "Disastro" is the Latin word meaning "from the stars."
Yet the idea that a disaster is an uncontrollable, divine event is something Don Schramm does not accept.
Director of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Disaster Management Center (DMC) and a faculty associate in the . . .