Acts of God : the Unnatural History of Natural Disaster in America.

As the waters of the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain began to pour into New Orleans, people began asking the big question--could any of this have been avoided? How much of the damage from Hurricane Katrina was bad luck, and how much was poor city planning? Steinberg's Acts of God is a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Steinberg, Ted
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2006.
Edición:2nd ed.
Temas:
Disaster relief > United States > History.
Emergency management > United States > History.
Natural disasters > United States > History.
Catastrophes naturelles > États-Unis > Histoire.
Disaster relief
Emergency management
Natural disasters
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface to the Second Edition; Preface; Introduction: Hometown Blues; I: RETURN OF THE SUPPRESSED; II: FEDERALIZING RISK; III: CONTAINING CALAMITY; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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