The current models habitually used to interpret disasters are now decades old and relate to a time when society held markedly different views. The author of this provocative new book, a physical geographer and survivor of a major earthquake in southern Italy (1980), reconceptualizes the story of disaster in terms of present-day trends and tendencies.
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"This book is quite simply the best on its subject ever written - a work of pure genius - fascinating, consumately masterly! Bravo!"--David Alexander, Professor of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
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David Alexander, Professor of Geosciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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1993: 12-14), the answer is bound to be complex and multifarious. In one sense, disaster is a window on society, a chance to observe the workings of social and cultural processes under an extreme duress that exposes their inner essence. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Nations, Third World, Palo Alto, Red Cross, Cold War, Mount Vesuvius, World Food Programme, National Research Council, Leonardo da Vinci, Torre del Greco, Hurricane Andrew, Rio de Janeiro, Athanasius Kircher, Central America, Department of Humanitarian Affairs, Federal Emergency Management Agency, North American, North Korea, Nurul Alam, Old World, San Andreas, Ville Vesuviane New!
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1993: 12-14), the answer is bound to be complex and multifarious. In one sense, disaster is a window on society, a chance to observe the workings of social and cultural processes under an extreme duress that exposes their inner essence. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United Nations, Third World, Palo Alto, Red Cross, Cold War, Mount Vesuvius, World Food Programme, National Research Council, Leonardo da Vinci, Torre del Greco, Hurricane Andrew, Rio de Janeiro, Athanasius Kircher, Central America, Department of Humanitarian Affairs, Federal Emergency Management Agency, North American, North Korea, Nurul Alam, Old World, San Andreas, Ville Vesuviane New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- New Jersey's Environments: Past, Present, and Future by Neil M. Maher on page 194
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