Editorial

Gideon van Riet

doi:10.4102/jamba.v2i1.11

Editorial

Gideon van Riet

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Gideon van Riet, A researcher in disaster risk reduction at the African Centre for Disaster Studies at North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus - South Africa.

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When O’Keefe, Wisner and Westgate (1976) in their now seminal article wanted to “take the naturalness out of natural disasters” the response from the broader academic and development communities was not very positive. How could you prevent something that was inevitable or an act of God?

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