ISBN:
978-1-78920-477-3
,
978-1-78533-280-7 /Hb.
,
978-1-78533-319-4 /Pbk.
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (214 Seiten)
Series Statement:
Catastrophes in Context volume 1
Keywords:
Anthropologie Anthropogeographie
;
Umwelt
;
Umweltwandel
;
Beziehungen Mensch-Umwelt
;
Krisenbewältigung
Abstract:
Contextualizing Disaster offers a comparative analysis of six recent "highly visible" disasters and several slow-burning, "hidden," crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and climate change. The book argues that, while disasters are increasingly represented by the media as unique, exceptional, newsworthy events, it is a mistake to think of disasters as isolated or discrete occurrences. Rather, building on insights developed by political ecologists, this book makes a compelling argument for understanding disasters as transnational and global phenomena. (Verlagsangaben)
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction, Gregory V. Button and Mark Schuller -- Chapter 1. A Poison Runs Through It: The Elk River Chemical Spill in West Virginia, Gregory V. Button and Erin R. Eldridge -- Chapter 2. Whethering the Storm: The Twin Natures of Typhoons Haiyan and Yolanda, Greg Bankoff and George Emmanuel Borrinaga -- Chapter 3. "The Tremors Felt Round the World": Haiti's Earthquake as Global Imagined Community, Mark Schuller -- Chapter 4. Contested Narratives: Challenging the State's Neoliberal Authority in the Aftermath of the Chilean Earthquake, Nia Parson -- Chapter 5. Decentralizing Disasters: Civic Engagement and Stalled Reconstruction after Japan's 3/11, Bridget Love -- Chapter 6. Expert Knowledge and the Ethnography of Disaster Reconstruction, Roberto E. Barrios -- Chapter 7. "We Are Always Getting Ready": How Diverse Notions of Time and Flexibility Build Adaptive Capacity in Alaska and Tuvalu, Elizabeth Marino and Heather Lazrus -- Chapter 8. Tempests, Green Teas, and the Right to Relocate: The Political Ecology of Superstorm Sandy, Melissa Checker -- Bibliography -- Index
URL:
https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/SahraouiBorders
