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There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster
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Chester Hartman |
There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster is the first critical scholarly book on the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. The disaster will go down in record as one of the wor… |
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The dynamics of disaster
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Susan W. Kieffer |
"Natural disasters bedevil our planet, and each appears to be a unique event. Leading geologist Susan W. Kieffer shows how all disasters are connected. Humans persist in building centers of civilizat… |
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Natural Disaster and Development in a Globalizing World
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Mark Pelling |
The number of humanitarian disasters triggered by a natural hazard has doubled every decade since the 1960s. At the same time, the global economic growth rate per capita is twice its 1960s value. Doe… |
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