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Interpretations of Calamity - From the Viewpoint of Human Ecology (Hardcover)
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Interpretations of Calamity - From the Viewpoint of Human Ecology (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Ecology
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Originally published in 1983, Interpretations of Calamity provides
a provocative critique of the 'dominant view' of research into
natural hazards. Throughout the world, there are now many people
professionally engaged in the mitigation and control of risks &
hazards, and the impact of continuing economic development will
ensure that they are fully employed. There is a wealth of
perspectives in the book, including weather and wheat yields in the
Soviet Union and Canada, an historical view of underdevelopment and
hazards in Ireland and the impact of a response to drought in
southern Africa, the Sahel and the Great Plains of the USA. The
book reflects the major themes of hazards in the context of
economic development and social change. Most of the case studies
are from the rural and agriculture scene. This book provides a
unique view of the vital importance of food production and of the
considerable, and sometimes calamitous, impact that frost, flood,
storm and drought have on the wellbeing of millions of people and
on the stability of the international economic system.
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