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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Disasters in Paradise: Natural Hazards, Social Vulnerability, and Development Decisions

Disasters in Paradise: Natural Hazards, Social Vulnerability, and Development Decisions

Berry, Christopher
Concha-Holmes, Amanda D.
Oliver-Smith, Anthony

Hardcover

AnthropologyEnvironmental StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0739177370
ISBN13: 9780739177372
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Oct 11 2019
Pages: 268
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Long considered ground zero for global climate change in the United States, Florida presents the perfect case study for disaster risk and prevention. Building on the idea that disasters are produced by historical and contemporary social processes as well as natural phenomena, Amanda D. Concha-Holmes and Anthony Oliver-Smith present a collection of ethnographic case studies that examine the social and environmental effects of Florida's public and private sector development policies. Contributors to Disasters in Paradise explore how these practices have increased the vulnerability of Floridians to hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, frosts, and forest fires.

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