Contextualizing Disaster

Contextualizing Disaster

"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, wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Button, Gregory V. (Editor), Schuller, Mark (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Published:	Berghahn Books 2016
Subjects:	Natural disasters Social impact of disasters Nature Natural Disasters Social Science Disasters & Disaster Relief
Online Access:	Get fulltext

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