Disasters in Australia and New Zealand - Historical Approaches to Understanding Catastrophe (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)

Disasters in Australia and New Zealand brings together a collection of essays on the history of disasters in both countries. Leading experts provide a timely interrogation of long-held assumptions about the impacts of bushfires, floods, cyclones and earthquakes, exploring the blurred line between nature and culture, asking what are the anthropogenic causes of 'natural' disasters? How have disasters been remembered or forgotten? And how have societies over generations responded to or understood disaster? As climate change escalates disaster risk in Australia, New Zealand and around the world, these questions have assumed greater urgency. This unique collection poses a challenge to learn from past experiences and to implement behavioural and policy change. Rich in oral history and archival research, Disasters in Australia and New Zealand offers practical and illuminating insights that will appeal to historians and disaster scholars across multiple disciplines.

General

Imprint:	Springer Verlag, Singapore
Country of origin:	Singapore
Release date:	July 2020
First published:	2020
Editors:	Scott McKinnon • Margaret Cook
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	202
Edition:	1st ed. 2020
ISBN-13:	978-981-15-4381-4
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Physical geography > General Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Human geography > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Oral history
LSN:	981-15-4381-X
Barcode:	9789811543814

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