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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Bruneau, Michel, 1959- author.     Subjects     Emergency management.     Disasters -- Social aspects.     Preparedness.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Bruneau, Michel, 1959- author.       by title:      The blessings of dis...         MARC Display

The blessings of disaster : the lessons that catastrophes teach us and why our future depends on it / Michel Bruneau. by Bruneau, Michel, 1959- author. Essex, Connecticut: Prometheus Books, [2022] Subjects Emergency management.   Disasters -- Social aspects.   Preparedness. ISBN:  9781633888234 (hardcover) : 1633888231 (hardcover) Description:  xiii, 444 pages 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm Contents:  Which little pig are you? -- Earthquakes happen because -- Earthquakes to tsunamis -- The water magnet -- Flood -- Tornado alley -- Sitting on a volcano -- Technological disasters -- Terrorist attacks -- Annoying doomsday scenarios -- Interlude -- The wonderful ability to forget -- Airport proctologists -- Statistical Hocus Pocus -- Life's casino -- Black swans -- The brain -- The mirrors we elect -- Earthquake damage happens because -- Fatalism -- a really short chapter -- Gloomy predictions -- The silent heroes -- Truth and lies about resilience -- Dollars are frequent flyer miles -- We're all cooked -- Elbow room -- Nuclear holocaust -- Act V. Requests:  0 Summary:  "The Blessings of Disaster draws on knowledge from multiple disciplines to illustrate how our civilization's future successes and failures in dealing with societal threats-be they pandemics, climate change, overpopulation, monetary collapse, and nuclear holocaust-can be predicted by observing how we currently cope with and react to natural and technological disasters"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 363.34 Br Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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