Catastrophe in the Making The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow /
When houses are flattened, towns submerged, and people stranded without electricity or even food, we attribute the suffering to "natural disasters" or "acts of God." But what if they're neither? What if we, as a society, are bringing these catastrophes on ourselves? That...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autores principales: | Freudenburg, William R. (Autor), Gramling, Robert (Autor), Laska, Shirley (Autor), Erikson, Kai T. (Autor) |
Autor Corporativo: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Washington, DC :
Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press,
2012.
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Edición: | 1st ed. 2012. |
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto Completo |
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