1. Katastrophen - Catastrophes.
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NATURAL disasters , *DISASTERS in the press , *EMERGENCY management conferences , *CONFERENCES & conventions , *DISASTERS & society , *CRISIS communication , *APOCALYPSE in literature - Abstract
The article presents the summary of a conference that focused on natural disasters and catastrophes that was held from May 4-6, 2011 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Topics under discussion at the conference included a comparison of the apocalypse as described in the Bible and the natural disasters in the 21st Century, a talk on how to predict a catastrophe, as well as a discussion on the role of the media during a catastrophe.
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- 2011