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Disaster and Catastrophe - Veitch and Arkkelin's "Environmental Psychology"
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Disaster and Catastrophe According to Veitch and Arkkelin a disaster is something that has extreme negative consequences for those affected by it and is brought about as the result of the interaction of natural events and social systems. But catastrophe's are different to natural disasters in that they are the direct result of some kind of human activity, this may be by intention, such as bombings, or they may result from an error of judgement or miscalculation like radiation leaks. The characteristics of disaster and catastrophe's are quite different except for a few. Disasters are sudden, usually unpredictable and even with warning it does not specify when it will occur and what results will be, often uncontrollable, extremely powerful but often don't last very long. While on the other hand catastrophe's are artificially caused and not product of natural forces, they are not selective in where they might occur (in...
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