Fluid Boundaries: The Social Construction and Memory of Future Catastrophic Environmental Risk in a Community on the Oregon Coast

The Oregon coast is facing the dual perils of climate change and the catastrophic Cascadia subduction zone earthquake and tsunami, yet many communities remain unprepared. Using qualitative interviews with residents of Coos Bay, Oregon, this study traces how communities facing these perils socially c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shtob, Daniel
Other Authors: York, Richard
Language:en_US
Published: University of Oregon 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1794/20459