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Disaster studies

the movement of people, messages and supplies toward a disaster area from outside, which can overwhelm the response and calls for social control.

In disaster studies, convergence behavior refers to the movement of people, messages and supplies toward a disaster area from outside, which can overwhelm the response and calls for social control. This meaning comes from Fritz (1957) in Convergence behavior in disasters.[1]

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References

Fritz, C. E. (1957). Convergence behavior in disasters. National Academy of Sciences-National Research Councel. Open Library record

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