Natural Disasters - Acts of God Or Acts of Man?

Originally published in 1984 Natural Disasters questions whether the rich nations' usual response to disaster is any longer adequate. Today, most major disasters are "development" gone wrong, development which puts millions of poor people on the margins of existence.

List of contents

Summary Preface Introduction: A Question of Balance 1. Forces of Nature, Acts of Man 2. Droughts: Too Little Water 3. Floods 4. Tropical Cyclones and Other Winds 5. Earthquakes 6. Tsunami and Volcanoes 7. Relief 8. Disasters and Development Appendix Further Reading

About the author

Anders Wijkman (Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden), Lloyd Timberlake

Summary

Originally published in 1984 Natural Disasters questions whether the rich nations’ usual response to disaster is any longer adequate. Today, most major disasters are “development” gone wrong, development which puts millions of poor people on the margins of existence.

Product details

• Authors: Lloyd Timberlake, Timberlake Lloyd, Anders Wijkman, Anders (Stockholm Environment Institute Wijkman, Wijkman Anders
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.07.2024
• EAN: 9780367369316
• ISBN: 978-0-367-36931-6
• No. of pages: 146
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature and society: general, reference works; SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography, NATURE / Natural Disasters, Natural disasters