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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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Suggested Citation:"MAJOR NATURAL HAZARDS." National Research Council. 1987. Confronting Natural Disasters: An International Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/18896.
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