TY - BOOK AU - QUARANTELLI E L TI - What is a disaster: perspectives on the question SN - 0415178983 (hbk.): PY - 1998/// CY - London PB - Routledge KW - DISASTERS N2 - Philosophical discussion of the concept of disaster set against practical questions such as is it useful to consider the Three Mile Island nuclear plant accident in the same way as that at Chernobyl ER -