Disaster by choice : how our actions turn natural hazards into catastrophes /
Kelman, Ilan,
Disaster by choice : how our actions turn natural hazards into catastrophes / Ilan Kelman. - First published in paperback 2022. - United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2022. - viii, 167 pages ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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 nature, but these disasters are not natural, argues Ilan Kelman. They are, to a large degree, created by human choices. What choices? Made by whom? Who is most vulnerable? And what factors play a role in creating those vulnerabilities? These are the questions addressed in this compelling exploration of how 'natural' disasters are made - and how, through forward-looking approaches, they have been, and can be, avoided"--
9780198841357
2019945429
GBC035747 bnb
019737412 Uk
Disasters.
Hazard mitigation.
Emergency management.
Natural Disasters
Disasters
Catastrophes.
Catastrophes naturelles.
disasters.
natural disasters.
Hazard mitigation.
Emergency management.
Disasters.
Natural disasters.
Anthropogener Einfluss
Resilienz
GB5014 / .K29 2022
363.34
Disaster by choice : how our actions turn natural hazards into catastrophes / Ilan Kelman. - First published in paperback 2022. - United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2022. - viii, 167 pages ; 20 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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 nature, but these disasters are not natural, argues Ilan Kelman. They are, to a large degree, created by human choices. What choices? Made by whom? Who is most vulnerable? And what factors play a role in creating those vulnerabilities? These are the questions addressed in this compelling exploration of how 'natural' disasters are made - and how, through forward-looking approaches, they have been, and can be, avoided"--
9780198841357
2019945429
GBC035747 bnb
019737412 Uk
Disasters.
Hazard mitigation.
Emergency management.
Natural Disasters
Disasters
Catastrophes.
Catastrophes naturelles.
disasters.
natural disasters.
Hazard mitigation.
Emergency management.
Disasters.
Natural disasters.
Anthropogener Einfluss
Resilienz
GB5014 / .K29 2022
363.34