Disaster by Choice: How our actions turn natural hazards into catastrophes
Autor Ilan Kelmanen Limba Engleză Hardback – 27 feb 2020
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780198841340
ISBN-10: 0198841345
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0198841345
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.32 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP Oxford
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom
Recenzii
Grimly informative.
I hope that this book is widely read and its message heeded.
Disaster by Choice demonstrates in a vivid and engaging way why big issues like the current climate crisis, where people are starting to accept that their actions can contribute to a collective result on a global scale, are just the tip of the iceberg.
[An] engaging book filled with rich examples and details of specific historical events Kelmans succinct and generally lucid account of the state of knowledge within the field, will likely be useful to a wide range of readers.
You can tell that Kelman had a clear, well-defined vision for the book. The writing is concise and to the point, resulting in a quick read ... Disaster by Choice really brings the examples and recommendations down to our daily lives and practices to make them more impactful.
This is an excellent little book that crystallises ideas about the influence and impact of human actions on natural catastrophes into a thoughtful and informative narrative, concluding - and rightly so - that there is no such thing as a natural disaster. A must-read book.
This perfectly crafted and well written book ... is long overdue, much needed and greatly welcomed.
A choose-your-ending book for grown-ups facing a world full of real-life monsters.
The main message of this book is that disasters are not natural. Societies and humanity choose to create them. We can also, with insight, economic resources and political will, choose to prevent them ... I hope that this book is widely read and its message heeded.
I hope that this book is widely read and its message heeded.
Disaster by Choice demonstrates in a vivid and engaging way why big issues like the current climate crisis, where people are starting to accept that their actions can contribute to a collective result on a global scale, are just the tip of the iceberg.
[An] engaging book filled with rich examples and details of specific historical events Kelmans succinct and generally lucid account of the state of knowledge within the field, will likely be useful to a wide range of readers.
You can tell that Kelman had a clear, well-defined vision for the book. The writing is concise and to the point, resulting in a quick read ... Disaster by Choice really brings the examples and recommendations down to our daily lives and practices to make them more impactful.
This is an excellent little book that crystallises ideas about the influence and impact of human actions on natural catastrophes into a thoughtful and informative narrative, concluding - and rightly so - that there is no such thing as a natural disaster. A must-read book.
This perfectly crafted and well written book ... is long overdue, much needed and greatly welcomed.
A choose-your-ending book for grown-ups facing a world full of real-life monsters.
The main message of this book is that disasters are not natural. Societies and humanity choose to create them. We can also, with insight, economic resources and political will, choose to prevent them ... I hope that this book is widely read and its message heeded.
Notă biografică
Ilan Kelman, Professor of Disasters and Health, University College London, and Professor II, University of Agder Ilan Kelman is Professor of Disasters and Health at University College London, England and a Professor II at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway. His overall research interest is linking disasters and health, including the integration of climate change into disaster research and health research.
Cuprins
Prelude: Disasters are not natural; 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; Endnotes; Further reading