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The dynamics of disaster
- Title
- The dynamics of disaster / Susan W. Kieffer.
- Author
- Kieffer, Susan W.
- Publication
- New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2013.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-6709 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 315 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Natural disasters bedevil our planet, and each appears to be a unique event. Leading geologist Susan W. Kieffer shows how all disasters are connected. Humans persist in building centers of civilization in places of past disasters. We believe that our technology will protect us next time. Yet we rarely win these battles with the earth because we don't understand natural disasters deeply enough. Susan W. Kieffer has two goals for her unique book. The first is to show how the dynamics--the workings--of disasters are connected by a small number of natural laws. The second is to show that the most obvious process in a disaster is not always the one that causes the devastation. For instance, the transformation of apparently solid ground into a substance like quicksand during the 2010 Haiti earthquake is what caused the destruction of Port au Prince. Kieffer argues that only by truly understanding the dynamics of natural disasters can we begin to institute engineering and policy practices to minimize their impact on our lives"--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The Nature of Disaster -- Geologic Consent: Do We Have It Or Not? -- Dynamics and Disasters -- When Terra Isn't Firma -- The Flying Carpet of Elm -- The Day the Mountain Blew -- The Power of Water: Tsunamis -- Rogue Waves, Stormy Weather -- Rivers in the Sky -- Water, Water Everywhere, or Not a Drop to Drink -- Earth and Us.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-6709
- ISBN
- 9780393080957
- 0393080951
- LCCN
- 2013018412
- 40022974931
- OCLC
- 783163525
- Author
- Kieffer, Susan W.
- Title
- The dynamics of disaster / Susan W. Kieffer.
- Imprint
- New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2013.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40022974931
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-6709