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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster 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… OL15178580W
The dynamics of disaster The dynamics of disaster 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… OL19988054W
Natural Disaster and Development in a Globalizing World Natural Disaster and Development in a Globalizing World 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… OL4685169W