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Ken Westgate
Researcher at University of Bradford
Publications - 4
Citations - 946
Ken Westgate is an academic researcher from University of Bradford. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Disaster recovery. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 4 publications receiving 845 citations.
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Taking the naturalness out of natural disasters
TL;DR: O'Keefe, Westgate and Wisner as mentioned in this paper argue that disasters are more a consequence of socio-economic than natural factors, and they argue that natural disasters are not the cause of all disasters.
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Global systems and local disasters: the untapped power of peoples' science.
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Preventive planning for disasters
Phil O'Keefe,Ken Westgate +1 more
TL;DR: It is argued that a new approach to disaster is needed, one which emphasizes the continuing man-environment relationship, and planning to prevent disaster should concentrate on long-term precautionary planning integrated into development planning utilizing, as far as possible, local awareness of the disaster problem.