Contextualizing Disaster
Contextualizing Disaster presents “highly visible” disasters as well as “slow and hidden” disasters, and how different parties involved in recovery processes contextualize them.
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Fearless Planet
Will Gadd hosts this Discovery Channel series exploring the history and formation of some of the Earth’s extreme landscapes.
The Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami of 1964
A massive earthquake of magnitude 9.2 around Prince William Sound, Alaska, creates landslides, avalanches and tsunami waves, destroying the environment in each respective pathway.
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Volcanic Eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull
The sixth biggest Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull erupts and disrupts air-travel around the globe.
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"Post-Disaster Migrations and Returns in Sicily: The 1908 Messina Earthquake and the 1968 Belice Valley Earthquake"
This article explores the relationship between disasters and the population movements in two case studies: The 1908 Messina earthquake and the 1968 Belice Valley earthquake.
Fault Lines: Earthquakes and Urbanism in Modern Italy
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.
Lōʻihi Seamount’s Earthquake Swarm
The seamount Lōʻihi showed significant seismic activity in the form of an earthquake swarm; over 4,000 earthquakes occurred during less than a month, so far a singular activity.
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Broadsheet: “Ruined Earth,” 1627
The broadsheet shows illustrations from a huge earthquake taking place in Italy in 1627.
Villes et catastrophes: Réactions face a l'urgence dans l'histoire européenne
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.