Crisis, disaster, and risk: institutional response and emergence
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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farmbry, Kyle 1970- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Armonk, N.Y. M.E. Sharpe 2013
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Optimism interrogated: the earthquake and tsunamis of 1755 and 2004 -- Earthquakes and progressive era revival -- Limits of the built environment: hurricanes and choices of locality -- Plague as crisis and corollary to societal change -- Germ theory, cholera, and infectious disease -- Infectious disease and nascent public health infrastructures: the 1918 -- Twentieth century optimism -- HIV/AIDS -- Anticipated health crises -- The multiple crises of a nuclear era -- Balancing the optimism and risks of civilian nuclear energy -- Hazardous waste -- Industrial accidents and determining liability: Bhopal -- Oil
Physical Description:XXV, 195 S.
ISBN:9780765624192
0765624192

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