Contextualizing Disaster (Catastrophes in Context #1)
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- Synopsis
- Contextualizing Disaster offers a comparative analysis of six recent "highly visible" disasters and several slow-burning, "hidden," crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and climate change. The book argues that, while disasters are increasingly represented by the media as unique, exceptional, newsworthy events, it is a mistake to think of disasters as isolated or discrete occurrences. Rather, building on insights developed by political ecologists, this book makes a compelling argument for understanding disasters as transnational and global phenomena.
- Copyright:
- 2016
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 214 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781785332814
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781785332807, 9781785333194
- Publisher:
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 02/02/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Gregory V. Button, Mark Schuller
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies, Earth Sciences
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Gregory V. Button
- Edited by:
- Mark Schuller
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