Contextualizing disaster / / edited by Gregory V. Button and Mark Schuller.
Contextualizing Disaster offers a comparative analysis of six recent "highly visible" disasters and several slow-burning, "hidden," crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and climate change. The book arg...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York ;, London, [England] : : Berghahn,, 2016. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Catastrophes in Context ;
Volume 1 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (214 pages). |
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| Summary: | Contextualizing Disaster offers a comparative analysis of six recent "highly visible" disasters and several slow-burning, "hidden," crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and climate change. The book argues that, while disasters are increasingly represented by the media as unique, exceptional, newsworthy events, it is a mistake to think of disasters as isolated or discrete occurrences. Rather, building on insights developed by political ecologists, this book makes a compelling argument for understanding disasters as transnational and global phenomena. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| ISBN: | 1785332813 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by Gregory V. Button and Mark Schuller. |