Unnatural disasters : why most responses to risk and climate change fail but some succeed /
Storms, floods, fires, tsunamis, earthquakes, tornadoes, and other disasters seem not only more frequent but also closer to home. As the world faces this onslaught, we have placed our faith in "sustainable development," which promises that we can survive and even thrive in the face of clim...
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New York, NY :
Columbia University Press,
[2021]
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| ISBN: | 9780231552509 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: "It Won't Be Easy, But We Have Little Choice"
- 1 Causes: "Disasters Happen for a Reason"
- 2 Change: "They Want to Build Something Modern Here"
- 3 Sustainability: "They Often Come Here With Their Talk About Green Solutions"
- 4 Resilience: "They Say That We Must Adapt"
- 5 Participation: "They Want Us to Participate in the Construction of I-Don't-Know-What"
- 6 Innovation: "We Need Something Really Innovative, They Said"
- 7 Decision-Making: "We Want to Be Able to Make Our Own Decisions"
- 8 Humility: "The Damn Circumstance of Water Everywhere"
- Notes
- Index