
@article{ref1,
title="Disasters as Non-routine Social Problems -- 1",
journal="International journal of mass emergencies and disasters",
year="1989",
author="Drabek, Thomas E.",
volume="7",
number="3",
pages="253-264",
abstract="What is a disaster? Why ask the question? Does it make any difference how we answer either of these questions? Kreps has written a provocative and stimulating response to all three of these questions. Surely his response will stimulate others to ponder a wide range of issues in ways that they have not done so heretofore. After rereading his analysis several times, I identified three areas of personal reaction pertaining to: (1) convergence; (2) divergence; and (3) disasters as non-routine social problems.<p />",
language="",
issn="0280-7270",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}