Unnatural Disasters : Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail but Some Succeed /

Lizarralde, Gonzalo,

Unnatural Disasters : Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail but Some Succeed / Gonzalo Lizarralde. - 1 online resource 24 figures.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: "It Won't Be Easy, But We Have Little Choice" -- 1 Causes: "Disasters Happen for a Reason" -- 2 Change: "They Want to Build Something Modern Here" -- 3 Sustainability: "They Often Come Here With Their Talk About Green Solutions" -- 4 Resilience: "They Say That We Must Adapt" -- 5 Participation: "They Want Us to Participate in the Construction of I-Don't-Know-What" -- 6 Innovation: "We Need Something Really Innovative, They Said" -- 7 Decision-Making: "We Want to Be Able to Make Our Own Decisions" -- 8 Humility: "The Damn Circumstance of Water Everywhere" -- Notes -- Index

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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Sustainable Development.
NATURE / Natural Disasters.
SCIENCE / Global Warming & Climate Change.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief.