Disasters in Paradise - Natural Hazards, Social Vulnerability, and Development Decisions

In Disasters in Paradise, Amanda D. Concha-Holmes and Anthony Oliver-Smith present a collection of ethnographic case studies that examine the social and environmental effects of Florida’s public and private sector development policies. Contributors explore how these practices have increased the vulnerability of Floridians to natural disasters.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Natural Hazards, Social Vulnerability and Development in Florida
Chapter 2: Eye on The Storm: Development & Disaster in The Sunshine State. Hurricane Opal. A Case Study
Chapter 3: Twisted State: Patterns of Resilience and Vulnerability in the Osceola County, Florida 1998 Tornadoes
Chapter 4: Disaster in Apalachicola: Storms, the Oyster Industry and Development Decisions
Chapter 5: Drought, Unsustainable Water Practices and the Social Construction of Risk in Glades County
Chapter 6: Needed and Feared: The Unavoidable Vulnerability to Forest Fires in Florida
Chapter 7: humaNature, Citrus and Disaster in North Central Florida: Frost in the Sunshine State.
Chapter 8: Climate Change, Disasters and Development in Florida

About the author

Amanda Concha-Holmes is courtesy faculty in anthropology and Latin American studies at the University of Florida and co-founder and co-director of the Innovative Research and Intercultural Education (I.R.I.E.) Center.

Anthony Oliver -Smith is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Florida.

Summary

In Disasters in Paradise, Amanda D. Concha-Holmes and Anthony Oliver-Smith present a collection of ethnographic case studies that examine the social and environmental effects of Florida’s public and private sector development policies. Contributors explore how these practices have increased the vulnerability of Floridians to natural disasters.

Product details

• Authors: Amanda D. Oliver-Smith Concha-Holmes
• Assisted by: Amanda D. Concha-Holmes (Editor), Anthony Oliver-Smith (Editor), Oliver-Smith Anthony (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2019
• EAN: 9780739177372
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-7737-2
• No. of pages: 268
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, NATURE / Natural Disasters, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Social impact of disasters, Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions, Natural disasters, Coastlines, The Earth: Natural History General, The Earth: natural history: general interest, Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)