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Language matters: Dangers of the “natural disaster” misnomer

@inproceedings{Chmutina2019LanguageMD,
  title={Language matters: Dangers of the “natural disaster” misnomer},
  author={Ksenia Chmutina and Jason von Meding and Lee Bosher},
  year={2019}
}
This paper is a contribution to the 2019 edition of the Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction (GAR 2019). 
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