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Disaster by Choice
Book

Disaster by Choice

How Our Actions Turn Natural Hazards into Catastrophes

Oxford UP, 2020 подробнее...


Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Innovative
  • Eye Opening
  • Insider's Take

Recommendation

Ilan Kelman dives into the causes of disasters and the economic, cultural and psychological reasons individuals and societies let them happen. He insists that natural disasters do not exist. Kelman views the loss of life, livelihood and property that accompanies wildfires, earthquakes and hurricanes as measures of society’s vulnerabilities and of whether societies choose to eliminate or accept them.

Take-Aways

  • People can elude disasters and thus “disasters are not natural.”
  • Nature doesn’t generate disasters. People’s choices make disasters.
  • Despite knowing how to avoid or mitigate disasters, individuals and societies often choose not to.

About the Author

Professor Ilan Kelman teaches disasters and health at University College London and the University of Agder in Norway.


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