Comments on: United Nations Study on Disaster Risk http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5219 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:36:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: stan http://cstpr.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5219&cpage=1#comment-13909 stan Tue, 19 May 2009 12:11:51 +0000 http://sciencepolicy.colorado.edu/prometheus/?p=5219#comment-13909 "strengthening livelihood sustainability in rural areas, partnerships for urban and local governance, innovative financial mechanisms, environmental management, and community- and local-level disaster risk reduction" [If writing is the expression of one's thinking, what kind of statement does this quote make?] Reading this, and the accounts in the Times, reminds me of the old joke of the blind men and the elephant. There seems to be too great a focus on the issue at hand and too little recognition of the bigger picture and competing priorities. “strengthening livelihood sustainability in rural areas, partnerships for urban and local governance, innovative financial mechanisms, environmental management, and community- and local-level disaster risk reduction”

[If writing is the expression of one's thinking, what kind of statement does this quote make?]

Reading this, and the accounts in the Times, reminds me of the old joke of the blind men and the elephant. There seems to be too great a focus on the issue at hand and too little recognition of the bigger picture and competing priorities.

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