Unnatural Disaster

Author : Betsy Reed
Publisher : Nation Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-08-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 156025937X

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Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster of staggering proportions. The vicious winds and surging seas that lashed the Gulf Coast on August 31, 2005, paralyzed New Orleans and left a scene of utter devastation in their wake. But when the winds and waves abated, they revealed an unnatural disaster — a social catastrophe directly caused by the government's callous indifference to the needs of the region's most vulnerable residents. This pattern of near-criminal government neglect did not begin with its response to Katrina, but the hurricane did lay bare its extraordinary depth and horrifying consequences, exposing how race and class can spell life or death in contemporary America. In the months that followed, The Nation published a series of articles and editorials documenting the gross negligence of the Bush administration and the heroic effort of community organizers and ordinary citizens to put their city back together again, as well as the attempts of political progressives to push for a 'New Deal.' Unnatural Disaster includes riveting on-the-scene reporting, columns, blogs, essays and articles from Mike Davis and Anthony Fontenot, Naomi Klein, Patricia Williams, Jeremy Scahill, Eric Alterman, Adolph Reed, Jr., Eric Foner, Curtis Wilkie, Billy Sothern, among many others.

Author : Gonzalo Lizarralde
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780231552509

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Storms, floods, fires, tsunamis, earthquakes, tornadoes, and other disasters seem not only more frequent but also closer to home. As the world faces this onslaught, we have placed our faith in “sustainable development,” which promises that we can survive and even thrive in the face of climate change and other risks. Yet while claiming to “go green,” we have instead created new risks, continued to degrade nature, and failed to halt global warming. Unnatural Disasters offers a new perspective on our most pressing environmental and social challenges, revealing the gaps between abstract concepts like sustainability, resilience, and innovation and the real-world experiences of people living at risk. Gonzalo Lizarralde explains how the causes of disasters are not natural but all too human: inequality, segregation, marginalization, colonialism, neoliberalism, racism, and unrestrained capitalism. He tells the stories of Latin American migrants, Haitian earthquake survivors, Canadian climate activists, African slum dwellers, and other people resisting social and environmental injustices around the world. Lizarralde shows that most reconstruction and risk-reduction efforts exacerbate social inequalities. Some responses do produce meaningful changes, but they are rarely the ones powerful leaders have in mind. This book reveals how disasters have become both the causes and consequences of today’s most urgent challenges and proposes achievable solutions to save a planet at risk, emphasizing the power citizens hold to change the current state of affairs.

Author : World Bank,United Nations
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780821381410

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Natural Hazards, UnNatural Disasters by World Bank,United Nations Pdf

This book examines how to ensure that the preventive measures are worthwhile and effective, and how people can make decisions individually and collectively at different levels of government.

Author : Jeremy I. Levitt,Matthew C. Whitaker
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780803224636

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Hurricane Katrina by Jeremy I. Levitt,Matthew C. Whitaker Pdf

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana and Mississippi. The storm devastated the region and its citizens. But its devastation did not reach across racial and class lines equally. In an original combination of research and advocacy, Hurricane Katrina: America s Unnatural Disaster questions the efficacy of the national and global responses to Katrina s central victims, African Americans. This collection of polemical essays explores the extent to which African Americans and others were, and are, disproportionately affected by the natural and manmade forces that caused Hurricane Katrina. Such an engaged study of this tragic event forces us to acknowledge that the ways in which we view our history and life have serious ramifications on modern human relations, public policy, and quality of life.

Author : Christine A Klein,Sandra B Zellmer
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781479856169

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Mississippi River Tragedies by Christine A Klein,Sandra B Zellmer Pdf

Read a free excerpt here! American engineers have done astounding things to bend the Mississippi River to their will: forcing one of its tributaries to flow uphill, transforming over a thousand miles of roiling currents into a placid staircase of water, and wresting the lower half of the river apart from its floodplain. American law has aided and abetted these feats. But despite our best efforts, so-called “natural disasters” continue to strike the Mississippi basin, as raging floodwaters decimate waterfront communities and abandoned towns literally crumble into the Gulf of Mexico. In some places, only the tombstones remain, leaning at odd angles as the underlying soil erodes away. Mississippi River Tragedies reveals that it is seductively deceptive—but horribly misleading—to call such catastrophes “natural.” Authors Christine A. Klein and Sandra B. Zellmer present a sympathetic account of the human dreams, pride, and foibles that got us to this point, weaving together engaging historical narratives and accessible law stories drawn from actual courtroom dramas. The authors deftly uncover the larger story of how the law reflects and even amplifies our ambivalent attitude toward nature—simultaneously revering wild rivers and places for what they are, while working feverishly to change them into something else. Despite their sobering revelations, the authors’ final message is one of hope. Although the acknowledgement of human responsibility for unnatural disasters can lead to blame, guilt, and liability, it can also prod us to confront the consequences of our actions, leading to a liberating sense of possibility and to the knowledge necessary to avoid future disasters.

Author : Janet N. Abramovitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105113028927

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The author lays out detailed recommendations for changing the way we manage disasters and ourselves. To the extent possible, people and structures should be located out of harm's way. When hazards are unavoidable, buildings should be made to withstand them. The author believes healthy ecosystems should be maintained or restored to provide natural disaster protection.

Author : Association of West European Parliamentarians for Action Against Apartheid
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Economic assistance
ISBN : STANFORD:36105081954351

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Mozambique's Unnatural Disaster Persists by Association of West European Parliamentarians for Action Against Apartheid Pdf

Author : Theodore Steinberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2006-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0195309685

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Acts of God by Theodore Steinberg Pdf

This revised edition features a new chapter analyzing the failed response to Hurricane Katrina. Steinberg argues that it is wrong to see natural disasters as random outbursts of nature or expressions of divine judgment. He reveals how business and government decisions have paved the way for the greater losses of life and property.

Author : Jeff Hirsch
Publisher : Clarion Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0544999169

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Unnatural Disasters by Jeff Hirsch Pdf

"Lucy Weaver has her future all figured out. Make an appearance at prom, ditch graduation, and then head out on an epic road trip with her boyfriend, Luke. But when everyone's phones start to ring halfway through the dance, Lucy knows something terrible has happened--something big. Decades of climate change have left the world teetering on the brink--entire cities drowned, violent extremism on the rise, millions of refugees with nowhere to turn. Is this the night it finally slips over the edge?"--

Author : Gregory Squires,Chester Hartman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136084829

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There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster by Gregory Squires,Chester Hartman Pdf

There is No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster is the first comprehensive critical book on the catastrophic impact of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans. The disaster will go down on record as one of the worst in American history, not least because of the government’s inept and cavalier response. But it is also a huge story for other reasons; the impact of the hurricane was uneven, and race and class were deeply implicated in the unevenness. Hartman and. Squires assemble two dozen critical scholars and activists who present a multifaceted portrait of the social implications of the disaster. The book covers the response to the disaster and the roles that race and class played, its impact on housing and redevelopment, the historical context of urban disasters in America and the future of economic development in the region. It offers strategic guidance for key actors - government agencies, financial institutions, neighbourhood organizations - in efforts to rebuild shattered communities.

Author : Judith Kolberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0966797043

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Organize for Disaster by Judith Kolberg Pdf

This guide focuses on planning for disasters as part of everyday life; it provides organizing tools like shopping lists, storage ideas, evacuation plans. etc.

Author : Angus M. Gunn
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2003-11-30
Category : Science
ISBN : UCSC:32106017160281

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Unnatural Disasters by Angus M. Gunn Pdf

This reference resource describes both the scientific background & the economic & social issues that resulted from environmental disasters where human activity was the main cause.

Author : Theodore Steinberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780195309683

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Acts of God by Theodore Steinberg Pdf

This revised edition features a new chapter analyzing the failed response to Hurricane Katrina. Steinberg argues that it is wrong to see natural disasters as random outbursts of nature or expressions of divine judgment. He reveals how business and government decisions have paved the way for the greater losses of life and property.

Author : Ann Mountz
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798867275259

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Unnatural Disaster by Ann Mountz Pdf

It's a regular Saturday morning and all is as usual when a large boom is heard. It shakes the Earth and the houses in the suburban community. Silo is about to make himself some coffee when his house shakes. He grabs the counter so he does not fall. He rushes outside to see if he can see what caused the large sound and what it was that shook his house. The kids outside playing tell him what they saw, but it gives him no information to what just happened. On the news, the government has said there is no danger, but stay in your house and do not come out. Silo isn't convinced they are safe. Silo's curious nature draws him out of his house in the middle of the night to a restricted place and he puts himself and his friends in danger. His determination to make sure his friends and he is safe drives him to fight to survive the unprecedented unnatural disaster that has come upon him and the world. It becomes the fight for all their lives. This psychological thriller will keep you on your toes. It's beyond imaginable what happens to the world and how all must come together to fight this new enemy. It's a race for time to find out how to fight this enemy before the enemy destroys all in the world. It's elaborate, intricate detail descriptive scenes will move you.

Author : Victor Malo-Juvera,Nicholas C. Laudadio
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475859416

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Disaster Pedagogy for Higher Education by Victor Malo-Juvera,Nicholas C. Laudadio Pdf

Disaster Pedagogy for Higher Education serves as an all-purpose, contextually grounded, and multi-modal introduction to teaching in higher education during times of crisis and disaster. The text covers a wide variety of topics such as classroom pedagogy, emergency management, and study abroad, from a variety of contributors including professors, administrators, adjunct faculty, and students. It is organized into the three sections: Research and Criticism, which contains three essays that highlight original research and scholarly critique of topics related to higher education during disaster; Explorations and Examinations, consisting of five essays that focus on best practices of a specific aspect of higher education during disaster; and Personal and Professional Reflections, made up of six essays that provide a more personal look into how disasters have impacted faculty, administration, and students in the academy.