Natural Disasters in a Global Environment - Brossura

Penna, Anthony N.; Rivers, Jennifer S.

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ISBN 10: 1118252330 ISBN 13: 9781118252338

Casa editrice: Blackwell Pub, 2013

Riassunto

Natural Disasters in a Global Environment is a transnational, global and environmental history of natural and man-made disasters. Detailed case studies of past and present events are presented in a historical narrative, making use of the most recent scholarship.

• Examines a range of disasters including volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, landslides, hurricanes, famines, and more
• Highlights the role of science in studying natural disasters and describes the mechanisms responsible for them
• Features a range of case studies which can be used in conjunction with one another or as standalone examples
• Covers scientific material in a lucid and accessible style suited to  undergraduate students or those outside of scientific disciplines
• Traces the transition of our understanding of disasters, from religious and superstitious explanations to contemporary scientific accounts

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Recensione:

Natural Disasters in a Global Environment serves as a much–needed respite from the glossy hyper–produced texts on environmental geology and natural disasters so prevalent today. Instead, Penna and Rivers couple delightful exposition, insightful comparative images, and historical anecdotes that together produce some of the finest science writing I′ve seen. This book not only could be an outstanding text for a course on the subject, but it also would be a fine read for anyone interested in how the earth works. – Donald Siegel, Syracuse University

This is an impressive collection, wide ranging in time, place and discipline. The result stimulates new thinking both about history and about the ongoing role of catastrophe in the course of human society –– altogether, an imaginative venture. – Peter Stearns, George Mason University

Eco–anxiety sometimes makes us exaggerate our power over nature for good and ill. In an important, welcome and riveting collaboration between history and science, Penna and Rivers unfold a minatory drama of disasters seismic, climatic, pandemic, atmospheric, meteoric that humans can barely influence, let alone control. – Felipe Fernandez–Armesto, University of Notre Dame

This skillful record of natural disaster in climate, epidemics, and earth tremors shows how society risks further disaster even in planning for safety. – Patrick Manning, University of Pittsburgh

Appealing to both students of history and science, this study of natural hazards and vulnerable populations provides an enthralling guide to how disasters have altered the course of human history. – Greg Bankoff, University of Hull

Interdisciplinary in methods and reach, Natural Disasters in a Global Environment surveys big ideas in concise and accessible form.  This book is an indispensable introduction for everyone who wants to understand human response to disaster scientists, disaster planners, historians, and policy–makers, students and senior researchers. – Conevery Bolton Valencius, University of Massachusetts Boston

L'autore:

Anthony N. Penna is Professor Emeritus at Northeastern University. He is the author of Nature’s Bounty: Historical and Modern Environmental Perspectives (1999), Remaking Boston: An Environmental History of the City and Its Surroundings (co-edited with Conrad Edick Wright, 2009), and The Human Footprint: A Global Environmental History (Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).

Jennifer S. Rivers is Professor and Director of the Environmental Studies program at Northeastern University. She holds a PhD from Syracuse University in Earth Science and has over thirty published articles in the field of Environmental Science.

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• Editore: Blackwell Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1118252330
• ISBN 13: 9781118252338
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 340