Disaster by Choice: How our actions turn natural hazards into catastrophes

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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 is an excellent little book that crystallises ideas about the influence and impact of human actions on natural catastrophes into a thoughtful and informative narrative, concluding - and rightly so - that there is no such thing as a natural disaster. assume is ours, and to protect ourselves from what we perceive to be wrath from outside our communities. A new scientific study explores how youth’s disaster-coping strategies can lead to maladjustment or adjustment. Discover and access geoscience information resources via one of the world’s premier Earth science libraries.

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