Disaster by Choice: How Our Actions Turn Natural Hazards Into Catastrophes

by Ilan Kelman

Book Overview

An earthquake shatters Haiti and a hurricane slices through Texas. We hear that nature runs rampant, seeking to destroy us through these 'natural disasters'. Science recounts a different story, however: disasters are not the consequence of natural causes; they are the consequence of human choices and decisions. We put ourselves in harm's way; we fail to take measures which we know would prevent disasters, no matter what the environment does.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198841345
• ISBN13: 9780198841340
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.4" x 8.6"