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.
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