Confronting catastrophe : New perspectives on natural disasters

By:

Alexander David

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Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2000Description: 282p vISBN:

9781903544013

Subject(s):

1. Natural Disasters - A Historical Study2. Natural Disasters - Impact - Cultural - Economic - Historical Changes - Society3. Natural Disasters - Effect - New Technologies - Developing - Developed Countries

DDC classification:

344.046000 ALE

Contents:

Table of contents Preface; Introduction; Definitions; The study of disaster; Society and culture; Past, present and future; Technology; economics and logistics; Moral and philosophical issues; Worlds apart; Finem respice; Bibliography; Index.

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Table of contents
Preface;
Introduction;
Definitions;
The study of disaster;
Society and culture;
Past, present and future;
Technology;
economics and logistics;
Moral and philosophical issues;
Worlds apart;
Finem respice;
Bibliography;
Index.

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