Disaster and emergency management Professor David Etkin breaks down myths and marries theory to practice in his new book Disaster Theory: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Concepts and Causes. Disaster myths are one of the broad range of issues Etkin’s book covers. The most common myth is the idea that in the face of disaster, people will likely panic and commit selfish acts, he says, when in reality, they are more likely to act rationally and altruistically. Full Story
