Kelman Ilan (Professor Of Disasters And Health University College London And Professor Ii University Of Agder)
Kelman Ilan (Professor Of Disasters And Health University College London And Professor Ii University Of Agder) - Disaster By Choice How Our Actions Turn Natural Hazards Into Catastrophes - Paperback
Kelman Ilan (Professor Of Disasters And Health University College London And Professor Ii University Of Agder) - Disaster By Choice How Our Actions Turn Natural Hazards Into Catastrophes - Paperback
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Description: 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. This can be both hard to accept and hard to unravel. A complex of factors shape disasters. They arise from the political processes dictating where and what we build and from social circumstances which create and perpetuate poverty and discrimination. They develop from the social preference to blame nature for the damage wrought when in fact events such as earthquakes and storms are entirely commonplace environmental processes. We feel the need to fight natural forces to reclaim what we assume is ours and to protect ourselves from what we perceive to be wrath from outside our communities. This attitude distracts us from the real causes of disasters: humanity's decisions as societies and as individuals. It stops us accepting the real solutions to disasters: making better decisions. This book explores stories of some of our worst disasters to show how we can and should act to stop people dying when nature unleashes its energies. The disaster is not the tornado the volcanic eruption or climate change but the deaths and injuries the loss of irreplaceable property and the lack and even denial of support to affected people so that a short - term interruption becomes a long - term recovery nightmare. But we can combat this as Kelman shows describing inspiring examples of effective human action that limits damage such as managing flooding in Toronto and villages in Bangladesh or wildfires in Colorado. Throughout his message is clear: there is no such thing as a natural disaster. The disaster lies in our inability to deal with the environment and with ourselves.
Title: Disaster By Choice How Our Actions Turn Natural Hazards Into Catastrophes
Author(s): Kelman Ilan (Professor Of Disasters And Health University College London And Professor Ii University Of Agder)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198841357
Pages: 192 Pages
Publication Date: 5/24/2022
Category: Environmental Science, Engineering & Technology
Description: 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. This can be both hard to accept and hard to unravel. A complex of factors shape disasters. They arise from the political processes dictating where and what we build and from social circumstances which create and perpetuate poverty and discrimination. They develop from the social preference to blame nature for the damage wrought when in fact events such as earthquakes and storms are entirely commonplace environmental processes. We feel the need to fight natural forces to reclaim what we assume is ours and to protect ourselves from what we perceive to be wrath from outside our communities. This attitude distracts us from the real causes of disasters: humanity's decisions as societies and as individuals. It stops us accepting the real solutions to disasters: making better decisions. This book explores stories of some of our worst disasters to show how we can and should act to stop people dying when nature unleashes its energies. The disaster is not the tornado the volcanic eruption or climate change but the deaths and injuries the loss of irreplaceable property and the lack and even denial of support to affected people so that a short - term interruption becomes a long - term recovery nightmare. But we can combat this as Kelman shows describing inspiring examples of effective human action that limits damage such as managing flooding in Toronto and villages in Bangladesh or wildfires in Colorado. Throughout his message is clear: there is no such thing as a natural disaster. The disaster lies in our inability to deal with the environment and with ourselves.
Title: Disaster By Choice How Our Actions Turn Natural Hazards Into Catastrophes
Author(s): Kelman Ilan (Professor Of Disasters And Health University College London And Professor Ii University Of Agder)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780198841357
Pages: 192 Pages
Publication Date: 5/24/2022
Category: Environmental Science, Engineering & Technology
