Disasters in Paradise

Natural Hazards, Social Vulnerability, and Development Decisions
Herausgeber: Concha-Holmes, Amanda D.; Oliver-Smith, Anthony

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Produktbeschreibung

In Disasters in Paradise, Amanda D. Concha-Holmes and Anthony Oliver-Smith present a collection of ethnographic case studies that examine the social and environmental effects of Florida's public and private sector development policies. Contributors explore how these practices have increased the vulnerability of Floridians to natural disasters.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 546g
• ISBN-13: 9780739177372
• ISBN-10: 0739177370
• Artikelnr.: 57015956

Autorenporträt

Edited by Amanda D. Concha-Holmes and Anthony Oliver-Smith - Contributions by Christopher Berry; Sarah Cervone; Juan Concha; Amanda D. Concha-Holmes; Anthony Oliver-Smith; Byron Real; Joanna Reilly-Brown and Astrid Wigidal

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Natural Hazards, Social Vulnerability and Development in Florida
Chapter 2: Eye on The Storm: Development & Disaster in The Sunshine State.
Hurricane Opal. A Case Study Chapter 3: Twisted State: Patterns of
Resilience and Vulnerability in the Osceola County, Florida 1998 Tornadoes
Chapter 4: Disaster in Apalachicola: Storms, the Oyster Industry and
Development Decisions Chapter 5: Drought, Unsustainable Water Practices and
the Social Construction of Risk in Glades County Chapter 6: Needed and
Feared: The Unavoidable Vulnerability to Forest Fires in Florida Chapter 7:
humaNature, Citrus and Disaster in North Central Florida: Frost in the
Sunshine State. Chapter 8: Climate Change, Disasters and Development in
Florida