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Languages : en
Pages : 286
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Haikey Creek Local Flood Protection
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Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Public Works for Water and Power Development and Energy Research Appropriation Bill, 1976: Testimony of Members of Congress and other interested individuals and organizations
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Public Works
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Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Category : Energy policy
Languages : en
Pages : 888
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Proposed water resources development projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Water Resources
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Languages : en
Pages : 1226
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Languages : en
Pages : 1226
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102 Monitor
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Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
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Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 1114
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Public Works for Water and Power Development and Atomic Energy Commission Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1972
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1212
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Languages : en
Pages : 1212
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Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
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Languages : en
Pages : 1252
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Pages : 1252
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The Social Roots of Risk
Author: Kathleen Tierney
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804791406
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
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“This book about risk and disaster—and how they get amplified—is fascinating and hugely important as we face an ever-more-turbulent world.” —Rebecca Solnit, award-winning author of A Field Guide to Getting Lost The first decade of the twenty-first century saw a remarkable number of large-scale disasters. Earthquakes in Haiti and Sumatra underscored the serious economic consequences that catastrophic events can have on developing countries, while 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina showed that first world nations remain vulnerable. The Social Roots of Risk argues against the widespread notion that cataclysmic occurrences are singular events, driven by forces beyond our control. Instead, Kathleen Tierney contends that disasters of all types—be they natural, technological, or economic—are rooted in common social and institutional sources. Put another way, risks and disasters are produced by the social order itself—by governing bodies, organizations, and groups that push for economic growth, oppose risk-reducing regulation, and escape responsibility for tremendous losses when they occur. Considering a wide range of historical and looming events—from a potential mega-earthquake in Tokyo that would cause devastation far greater than what we saw in 2011, to BP’s accident history prior to the 2010 blowout—Tierney illustrates trends in our behavior, connecting what seem like one-off events to illuminate historical patterns. Like risk, human resilience also emerges from the social order, and this book makes a powerful case that we already have a significant capacity to reduce the losses that disasters produce. A provocative rethinking of the way that we approach and remedy disasters, The Social Roots of Risk leaves readers with a better understanding of how our own actions make us vulnerable to the next big crisis—and what we can do to prevent it. “Brilliant . . . Drawing on a trove of timely case studies, Tierney analyses how factors such as speculative finance and rampant development allow natural and economic blips to tip more easily into catastrophe.” —Nature
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804791406
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
“This book about risk and disaster—and how they get amplified—is fascinating and hugely important as we face an ever-more-turbulent world.” —Rebecca Solnit, award-winning author of A Field Guide to Getting Lost The first decade of the twenty-first century saw a remarkable number of large-scale disasters. Earthquakes in Haiti and Sumatra underscored the serious economic consequences that catastrophic events can have on developing countries, while 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina showed that first world nations remain vulnerable. The Social Roots of Risk argues against the widespread notion that cataclysmic occurrences are singular events, driven by forces beyond our control. Instead, Kathleen Tierney contends that disasters of all types—be they natural, technological, or economic—are rooted in common social and institutional sources. Put another way, risks and disasters are produced by the social order itself—by governing bodies, organizations, and groups that push for economic growth, oppose risk-reducing regulation, and escape responsibility for tremendous losses when they occur. Considering a wide range of historical and looming events—from a potential mega-earthquake in Tokyo that would cause devastation far greater than what we saw in 2011, to BP’s accident history prior to the 2010 blowout—Tierney illustrates trends in our behavior, connecting what seem like one-off events to illuminate historical patterns. Like risk, human resilience also emerges from the social order, and this book makes a powerful case that we already have a significant capacity to reduce the losses that disasters produce. A provocative rethinking of the way that we approach and remedy disasters, The Social Roots of Risk leaves readers with a better understanding of how our own actions make us vulnerable to the next big crisis—and what we can do to prevent it. “Brilliant . . . Drawing on a trove of timely case studies, Tierney analyses how factors such as speculative finance and rampant development allow natural and economic blips to tip more easily into catastrophe.” —Nature
Energy and water development appropriations for 1989
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
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Languages : en
Pages : 1464
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Languages : en
Pages : 1464
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Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1992: Nondepartmental witnesses
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Publisher:
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Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Energy and Water Development Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1992
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Publisher:
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 636
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