Unnatural disasters : case studies of human-induced environmental catastrophes / Angus M. Gunn.
Gunn, Angus M. (Angus Macleod), 1920-
2003
GF75 .G85 2003 (Mapit)
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Title Unnatural disasters : case studies of human-induced environmental catastrophes / Angus M. Gunn.
Author Gunn, Angus M. (Angus Macleod), 1920-
ISBN 0313319995 (alk. paper)
Imprint Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003.
Language English
Description xiv, 143 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Call Number GF75 .G85 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification 304.2/8
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Coal mining tragedies
Turtle Mountain, Canada, 1903
Aberfan, Wales, 1966
Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, 1972
Dam failures
Santa Clara River, California, 1928
Teton River, Idaho, 1976
Vaiont River Valley, Italy, 1963
Government actions
Hiroshima, Japan, 1945
Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1946
Ukraine, Soviet Union, 1932
Morris County, New Jersey, 1926
Halifax, Canada, 1917
Industrial explosions
Oppau, Germany, 1921
Texas City, Texas, 1947
Cleveland, Ohio, 1944
Mexico City, Mexico, 1984
Flixborough, England, 1974
Nuclear energy accidents
Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, 1979
Chernobyl, Soviet Union, 1986
Tokai, Japan, 1999
Oil spills
Coastal Brittany, France, 1978
Prince William Sound, Alaska, 1989
Black Island Sound, Rhode Island, 1996
Terrorist Acts
Eastern United States, 2001
Kuwait and the Persian Gulf, 1991
Washington, D.C., 2001
New York City, 1993
New York City, 2001
Toxicity - Industrial
Bhopal, India, 1984
Seveso, Italy, 1976
Minamata, Japan, 1956
Basel, Switzerland, 1986
Toxicity - residential
Love Canal, New York, 1978
Iraq, 1971
London, England, 1952.

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