RADIX
Radical Interpretations of Disaster
http://online.northumbria.ac.uk/geography_research/radix/
Benfield Hazards Research Centre
High class academic research centre based at University College London
Cambridge University Centre for Risk in the Built Environment
Inter-disciplinary centre
http://www.arct.cam.ac.uk/curbe/
Disaster Diplomacy
Explores the possibility of disasters uniting people who are normally enemies
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