JOURNAL COPYRIGHT AGREEMENT

        The following Copyright Agreement must be signed by corresponding author and 
        submitted to the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) for publishing 
        their article, note or correspondence (the ‘paper’). This agreement is effective 
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