In this book Mark Carey identifies glacial retreat as a historical reality that has played a substantial role in the political, economic, and social dramas of South America.
Covering a wide geographical range of European countries, the articles in this edited collection investigate urban disasters such as floods, fires, earthquakes, and epidemic diseases.
This book is the first comprehensive account of the causes, context, and consequences of the the worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States, which occurred at Three Mile Island.
A grippingly perceptive tale of changing social attitudes and scientific practices.
This illustrated history recounts how, for the past three hundred years, hurricanes have altered lives and landscapes along the Georgia-South Carolina seaboard.
An early eco-apocalyptic novel set in the wilderness of post-urban England.
In this fictional future history, written by the co-founder of Life magazine, the Persian prince and admiral Khan-Li records his astonishing journey through the ruins of “Nhu-Yok,” the famed city of the extinct “Mehrikan” people.
Earthquakes occur along fault lines, sometimes with disastrous effects. These disturbances can significantly influence urban development, as seen in the aftermath of two earthquakes in Italy. Fault Lines follows the history of these places before and after their destruction, explores plans and developments that preceded the disasters, and the urbanism that emerged from the ruins.
Modern Crises and Traditional Strategies evaluates local and indigenous ecological knowledge which may help populations cope with insecurity due to environmental, sociopolitical and economic stressors, through positive examples from Southeast Asian islands.
Contextualizing Disaster presents “highly visible” disasters as well as “slow and hidden” disasters, and how different parties involved in recovery processes contextualize them.
