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Disasters in Paradise
eBook - Natural Hazards, Social Vulnerability, and Development Decisions
ISBN/EAN: 9780739177389
Umbreit-Nr.: 2151346
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: 286 S.
Format in cm:
Einband:
Keine Angabe
Erschienen am 11.10.2019
Auflage: 1/2019
E-Book
Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
- Zusatztext
- <span>Long considered ground zero for global climate change in the United States, Florida presents the perfect case study for disaster risk and prevention. Building on the idea that disasters are produced by historical and contemporary social processes as well as natural phenomena, Amanda D. Concha-Holmes and Anthony Oliver-Smith present a collection of ethnographic case studies that examine the social and environmental effects of Floridas public and private sector development policies. Contributors to</span><span>Disasters in Paradise</span><span> explore how these practices have increased the vulnerability of Floridians to hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, frosts, and forest fires.</span>
- Kurztext
- <span>In </span> <span>Disasters in Paradise</span> <span>, 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.</span>
- Autorenportrait
- <p><span>Amanda Concha-Holmes</span><span>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.</span><br><br></p><p><span>Anthony Oliver Smith</span><span> is professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Florida.</span></p>