Disaster by choice : how our actions turn natural hazards into catastrophes / Ilan Kelman.
Kelman, Ilan, author.
2020
GB5019 .K45 2020eb
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Title Disaster by choice : how our actions turn natural hazards into catastrophes / Ilan Kelman.
Author Kelman, Ilan, author.
Edition First editon.
ISBN 9780192578280 (electronic book)
0192578286 (electronic book)
9780198841340
0198841345
Imprint Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Call Number GB5019 .K45 2020eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.34
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Note "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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5. Making the Choice
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