Disaster by choice : how our actions turn natural hazards into catastrophes / Ilan Kelman.
"Wildfires sweep parts of California and many lose their lives and their homes. Haiti has yet to recover from the devastation of the 2010 earthquake, while work still continues to make safe the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, damaged badly by the tsunami of 2011. We point to the powerful forces of...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
[2020]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 167 pages ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. An Island Shattered
- 2. Nature's Hazards
- 3. The Story of Vulnerability
- 4. Vulnerability by Choice
- 5. Making the Choice
- 6. Making the Change.