Hiding Behind Hurricanes
The Unexpected Social Consequences of Natural Disasters
(Sprache: Englisch)
Why Disasters Matter explores the turbulent boundary where nature meets human nature under extreme duress and how disaster damage is not random but is determined by us. This is an authoritative examination of the most extreme recent disasters and an...
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Why Disasters Matter explores the turbulent boundary where nature meets human nature under extreme duress and how disaster damage is not random but is determined by us. This is an authoritative examination of the most extreme recent disasters and an optimistic exploration of how we can prevent the injustice of future disaster outcomes.
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As we know only too well in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, no one is immune to natural disasters. Urban, rural, rich, poor, we all suffer the effects of nature's tantrums. However, in the aftermath we discover that while some of us suffer terrible losses, others can cope easily, and some people actually gain. How can this be explained?John Mutter's Hiding Behind Hurricanes explores the turbulent boundary where Mother Nature meets human nature under extreme duress.He shows how the common perception of Nature as a capricious villain, random in who it selects as its victims, is wrong, and argues instead that it is human nature that is the critical element that determines what disaster results in tragedy. What we attribute to the hand of nature, we are actually doing to ourselves, and in diverting blame from our own actions we have permitted, even encouraged, injustice to prosper. This is an authoritative examination of the most extreme disasters to have rocked our planet in the last decade, and an optimistic exploration of how we can prevent the injustice of future disaster outcomes. He lives in Piermont, NY.
Autoren-Porträt von John C. Mutter
John Mutter is a professor at Columbia University with appointments in the department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and in International and Public Affairs. He was previously deputy director of the Earth Institute. Mutter has published more than 90 papers in academic literature, and was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2007. He is a contributor to the blog site OECD and to EARTH Magazine. Mutter has appeared on CNN and CBS and in Foreign Policy . He lives in New Jersey.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: John C. Mutter
- 288 Seiten, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Macmillan Education
- ISBN-10: 1137278986
- ISBN-13: 9781137278982
Sprache:
Englisch
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