Acts Of Nature
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Natural Disasters
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Author : Anders Wijkman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-03-31
Natural Disasters written by Anders Wijkman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-31 with Nature categories.
Originally published in 1984 Natural Disasters shows how misleading the term “natural disaster” can be. Forces of nature such as earthquakes, cyclones and extreme variations in weather can trigger disasters, but in many Third World countries it is environmental degradation, poverty and rapid population growth which turn a natural hazard into major disaster. This book questions whether the rich nations’ usual response to disaster – fast, short-lived emergency assistance – is any longer adequate. Today, most major disasters are “development” gone wrong, development which puts millions of poor people on the margins of existence. Disaster relief alone is like bandaging a rapidly growing wound. The appropriate response must include an element of true development – development which reduces rather than increases vulnerability to disasters.
Acts Of God
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Author : Theodore Steinberg
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-07-20
Acts Of God written by Theodore Steinberg and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-20 with History categories.
This revised edition features a new chapter analyzing the failed response to Hurricane Katrina. Steinberg argues that it is wrong to see natural disasters as random outbursts of nature or expressions of divine judgment. He reveals how business and government decisions have paved the way for the greater losses of life and property.
Natural Acts
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Author : David Quammen
language : en
Publisher: Laurel
Release Date : 1986
Natural Acts written by David Quammen and has been published by Laurel this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with Science categories.
Exploring the mysteries and patterns of the natural world, this fascinating collection of essays is as much an informative study of nature as it is an entertaining piece of scientific curiosity.
Acts Of Nature Acts Of Man
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Author : UNA-USA Policy Studies Panel on International Disaster Relief
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1977
Acts Of Nature Acts Of Man written by UNA-USA Policy Studies Panel on International Disaster Relief and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Social Science categories.
Acts Of God
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Author : Ted Steinberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005-04-01
Acts Of God written by Ted Steinberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-04-01 with categories.
Much of the death & destruction caused by natural disasters in the U.S. has been within the realm of human control. Exposes the fallacy of seeing such calamities as simply random events. Beginning with the 1886 Charleston & 1906 San Francisco earthquakes, & continuing to the year 2000, Steinberg explores the unnatural history of natural calamity, the decisions of bus. leaders & gov't. officials that have paved the way for the greater losses of life & property, esp. among those not able to withstand such blows -- America's poor, elderly, & minorities. Seeing nature or God as the primary culprit has helped to hide the fact that some Americans are better protected from the violence of nature than their counterparts lower down the socioeconomic ladder. Ill.
Acts Of A Local Nature Passed At The Session Of The General Assembly Of The State Of Ohio
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1825
Acts Of A Local Nature Passed At The Session Of The General Assembly Of The State Of Ohio written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1825 with Local laws categories.
Geology And Religion
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Author : Martina Kölbl-Ebert
language : en
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Release Date : 2009
Geology And Religion written by Martina Kölbl-Ebert and has been published by Geological Society of London this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Religion categories.
The book discusses this long-standing relationship from a historical point of view, which in the past has been sometimes indifferent, sometimes fruitful and sometimes full of conflict. The relationship continues well into the present. While Christian fundamentalists attack evolution and related palaeontological findings as well as the geological evidence of the age of the Earth, mainstream theologians strive for a fruitful dialogue between science and religion. Much of what is written and discussed today can only be understood, when the historical perspective is added. This book considers the following topics: the development of geology from mythological approaches towards the European Enlightenment, Biblical or Geological Flood and the age of the Earth, geology within 'religious' organizations, biographical case studies of geological clerics and religious geologists, religion and evolution, historical aspects of creationism and its motives.
Who Is To Blame
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Author : Robert White
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014
Who Is To Blame written by Robert White and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Christianity categories.
Introduction to the classic problem of how an omnipotent God of love can allow disasters and catastrophic acts of nature.
National Climate Change Acts
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Author : Thomas L Muinzer
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2020-12-10
National Climate Change Acts written by Thomas L Muinzer and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-10 with Law categories.
This groundbreaking book collects contributions from many of the world's leading climate and energy law scholars and provides the first major study of national Climate Change Acts. This cutting-edge type of legislation originated with the first Climate Change Act framework which was passed in the United Kingdom in 2008, and is intended to enable the law to grapple effectively with one of the great problems of our times, anthropogenic climate change. Since 2008, national framework climate legislation has been slowly but steadily emerging in countries across the world. This trailblazing collection employs a comparative analytical legal methodology and offers the first comprehensive study of this new, innovative form of legislative regime. In addition to containing broad internationalist chapters, deep-dive national case study chapters are included that focus on individual countries and provide analytical depth. A final chapter draws together the threads of the book's foregoing contributions to deduce generalisable conceptual insights based on current knowledge and experience. Uniquely, the book provides a conceptual model for Climate Change Acts that can usefully inform the development of national framework climate legislation in all countries.
Acts Of Nature Mountain Heir
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Author : Amelia Cannedy
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-07-11
Acts Of Nature Mountain Heir written by Amelia Cannedy and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-11 with categories.
This is the story about a girl, Parvati, who lives in a conspiracy-frightened community that prides itself on being hidden away in a forgotten valley in an ignored area of mountains. Parvati feels very much out of place in Sylum, the only real community she has ever known, but she's not sure she belongs in the "normal" world either, and when she learns that her mountains are inhabited by an even more secretive society of Elementals - creatures that embody one of the four elements of nature - she is even more uncertain of where she belongs, what she is supposed to do, and what her family's legacy has to do with it.