Learning from disaster?: The history of technology and the future of disaster research

Technology and Culture

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 773-784

  Knowles, Scott Gabriel ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84919353006     PISSN: 0040165X     EISSN: 10973729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/tech.2014.0110     Document Type: Article

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