Matokeo ya Utafutaji
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Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow
When houses are flattened, towns submerged, and people stranded without electricity or even food, we attribute the suffering to "natural disasters" or "acts of God." But what if they're neither? What if we, as a society, are bringing these catastrophes on ourselves? That's the provocative theory ... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2009 -
Taking Chances: The Coast after Hurricane Sandy
by Joanna Burger • Tammy L. Lewis • Kenneth A. Gould • Robert B. Gramling • Mark Alan Hewitt • Mariana Leckner • Bonnie Mccay • Briavel Holcomb • Angela Oberg • Melanie Mcdermott • Steven G. Decker • Professor Karen M. O'Neill • Patricia M. Clay • Daniel Redlaswk • Frank A. Felder • Clinton J. Andrews • Adelle Thomas • Lisa L. Colburn • Larry Niles • Daniel Baldwin Hess • David A. Robinson • Brian W. Conley • James K. Mitchell • Ashley Koning • Shankar Chandramowli • Daniel J. Van Abs • Julia FlaggHumanity is deeply committed to living along the world's shores, but a catastrophic storm like Sandy--which took hundreds of lives and caused many billions of dollars in damages--shines a bright light at how costly and vulnerable life on a shoreline can be. Taking Chances offers a wide-ranging explo... More
Language: ENGHakimiliki: 2016