| Description |
xiii, 444 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Which little pig are you? -- Earthquakes happen because -- Earthquakes to tsunamis -- The water magnet -- Flood -- Tornado alley -- Sitting on a volcano -- Technological disasters -- Terrorist attacks -- Annoying doomsday scenarios -- Interlude -- The wonderful ability to forget -- Airport proctologists -- Statistical Hocus Pocus -- Life's casino -- Black swans -- The brain -- The mirrors we elect -- Earthquake damage happens because -- Fatalism -- a really short chapter -- Gloomy predictions -- The silent heroes -- Truth and lies about resilience -- Dollars are frequent flyer miles -- We're all cooked -- Elbow room -- Nuclear holocaust -- Act V. |
| Summary |
"The Blessings of Disaster draws on knowledge from multiple disciplines to illustrate how our civilization's future successes and failures in dealing with societal threats-be they pandemics, climate change, overpopulation, monetary collapse, and nuclear holocaust-can be predicted by observing how we currently cope with and react to natural and technological disasters"-- Provided by publisher. |
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Emergency management.
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Disasters -- Social aspects.
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Preparedness.
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Disasters -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00894804
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Emergency management. (OCoLC)fst00908500
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Preparedness. (OCoLC)fst01075502
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Bruneau, Michel, 1959- Blessings of disaster Lanham, MD : Prometheus, an imprint of Globe Pequot, the trade division of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2022] 9781633888241 (DLC) 2022007183 |
| ISBN |
9781633888234 (hardcover) |
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1633888231 (hardcover) |
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9781633888241 (epub) |
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