The Geography Of Risk
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Author |
: Gilbert M. Gaul |
Publisher |
: Sarah Crichton Books |
Total Pages |
: 304 |
Release |
: 2019-09-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780374718527 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0374718520 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Geography of Risk by : Gilbert M. Gaul
This century has seen the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history—but who bears the brunt of these monster storms? Consider this: Five of the most expensive hurricanes in history have made landfall since 2005: Katrina ($160 billion), Ike ($40 billion), Sandy ($72 billion), Harvey ($125 billion), and Maria ($90 billion). With more property than ever in harm’s way, and the planet and oceans warming dangerously, it won’t be long before we see a $250 billion hurricane. Why? Because Americans have built $3 trillion worth of property in some of the riskiest places on earth: barrier islands and coastal floodplains. And they have been encouraged to do so by what Gilbert M. Gaul reveals in The Geography of Risk to be a confounding array of federal subsidies, tax breaks, low-interest loans, grants, and government flood insurance that shift the risk of life at the beach from private investors to public taxpayers, radically distorting common notions of risk. These federal incentives, Gaul argues, have resulted in one of the worst planning failures in American history, and the costs to taxpayers are reaching unsustainable levels. We have become responsible for a shocking array of coastal amenities: new roads, bridges, buildings, streetlights, tennis courts, marinas, gazebos, and even spoiled food after hurricanes. The Geography of Risk will forever change the way you think about the coasts, from the clash between economic interests and nature, to the heated politics of regulators and developers.
Author |
: Piers Blaikie |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 492 |
Release |
: 2014-01-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134528615 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134528612 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis At Risk by : Piers Blaikie
The term 'natural disaster' is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods. However, the phrase 'natural disaster' suggests an uncritical acceptance of a deeply engrained ideological and cultural myth. At Risk questions this myth and argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed. The updated new edition confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters and discusses disaster not as an aberration, but as a signal failure of mainstream 'development'. Two analytical models are provided as tools for understanding vulnerability. One links remote and distant 'root causes' to 'unsafe conditions' in a 'progression of vulnerability'. The other uses the concepts of 'access' and 'livelihood' to understand why some households are more vulnerable than others. Examining key natural events and incorporating strategies to create a safer world, this revised edition is an important resource for those involved in the fields of environment and development studies.
Author |
: Hans-Detlef M?ller-Mahn |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 261 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781849710855 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1849710856 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Spatial Dimension of Risk by : Hans-Detlef M?ller-Mahn
Through its exploration of the spatial dimension of risk, this book offers a brand new approach to theorizing risk, and significant improvements in how to manage, tolerate and take risks. A broad range of risks are examined, including natural hazards, climate change, political violence, and state failure. Case studies range from the Congo to Central Asia, from tsunami in Japan and civil war affected areas in Sri Lanka to avalanche hazards in Austria. In each of these cases, the authors examine the importance and role of space in the causes and differentiation of risk, in how we can conceptualize risk from a spatial perspective and in the relevance of space and locality for risk governance. This new approach - endorsed by Ragnar Löfstedt and Ortwin Renn, two of the world's leading and most prolific risk analysts - is essential reading for those charged with studying, anticipating and managing risks.
Author |
: Irasema Alcántara-Ayala |
Publisher |
: Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages |
: 626 |
Release |
: 2022-10-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781315469607 |
ISBN-13 |
: 131546960X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (07 Downloads) |
Synopsis Disaster Risk by : Irasema Alcántara-Ayala
The text offers a comprehensive and unique perspective on disaster risk associated with natural hazards. It covers a wide range of topics, reflecting the most recent debates but also older and pioneering discussions in the academic field of disaster studies as well as in the policy and practical areas of disaster risk reduction (DRR). This book will be of particular interest to undergraduate students studying geography and environmental studies/science. It will also be of relevance to students/professionals from a wide range of social and physical science disciplines, including public health and public policy, sociology, anthropology, political science and geology.
Author |
: Susan L. Cutter |
Publisher |
: Wiley |
Total Pages |
: 214 |
Release |
: 1995-03-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0470249773 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780470249772 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (73 Downloads) |
Synopsis Living with Risk by : Susan L. Cutter
Through the use of case studies, the book examines in detail the nature of a variety of technological hazards, including chemical hazards, hazardous waste, and nuclear waste. Cutter argues that technological risks and hazards are products of failures in the political, social and economic systems that govern the use of technology just as much as they are failures in the technological systems themselves.
Author |
: William Gordon East |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 224 |
Release |
: 1965 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0393004198 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780393004199 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Geography Behind History by : William Gordon East
In this book, Professor East discusses the vital relationship between history and geographical conditions. Drawing examples from ancient times up to the present, he demonstrates that a study of history must include consideration of the physical conditions under which an event occurs, and that "the particular characteristics of this setting serve not only to localise but also to influence part at least of the action." Topographical position, climate, distribution of water and minerals, the placement of routes and towns, and ease or difficulty of movement between districts and countries are among the factors which the historian must take into account. Book jacket.
Author |
: Alan Greenspan |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 402 |
Release |
: 2013-10-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781101638743 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1101638745 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (43 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Map and the Territory by : Alan Greenspan
Like all of us, though few so visibly, Alan Greenspan was forced by the financial crisis of 2008 to question some fundamental assumptions about risk management and economic forecasting. No one with any meaningful role in economic decision making in the world saw beforehand the storm for what it was. How had our models so utterly failed us? To answer this question, Alan Greenspan embarked on a rigorous and far-reaching multiyear examination of how Homo economicus predicts the economic future, and how it can predict it better. Economic risk is a fact of life in every realm, from home to business to government at all levels. Whether we’re conscious of it or not, we make wagers on the future virtually every day, one way or another. Very often, however, we’re steering by out-of-date maps, when we’re not driven by factors entirely beyond our conscious control. The Map and the Territory is nothing less than an effort to update our forecasting conceptual grid. It integrates the history of economic prediction, the new work of behavioral economists, and the fruits of the author’s own remarkable career to offer a thrillingly lucid and empirically based grounding in what we can know about economic forecasting and what we can’t.The book explores how culture is and isn't destiny and probes what we can predict about the world's biggest looming challenges, from debt and the reform of the welfare state to natural disasters in an age of global warming. No map is the territory, but Greenspan’s approach, grounded in his trademark rigor, wisdom, and unprecedented context, ensures that this particular map will assist in safe journeys down many different roads, traveled by individuals, businesses, and the state.
Author |
: Harm de Blij |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 367 |
Release |
: 2012-09-06 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780199913749 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0199913749 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (49 Downloads) |
Synopsis Why Geography Matters, More Than Ever by : Harm de Blij
"This work was first published by Oxford University Press in 2005 as Why Geography Matters: Three Challenges Facing America."
Author |
: Jean-Paul Rodrigue |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 297 |
Release |
: 2006-09-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781134257782 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1134257783 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Geography of Transport Systems by : Jean-Paul Rodrigue
Mobility is fundamental to economic and social activities, including commuting, manufacturing, or supplying energy. This book focuses on understanding how mobility is linked with geography. It links spatial constraints and attributes with the origin, destination, extent, nature and purpose of movements.
Author |
: Declan Conway |
Publisher |
: Springer Nature |
Total Pages |
: 186 |
Release |
: 2021-01-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783030611606 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3030611604 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Climate Risk in Africa by : Declan Conway
This open access book highlights the complexities around making adaptation decisions and building resilience in the face of climate risk. It is based on experiences in sub-Saharan Africa through the Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) applied research programme. It begins by dealing with underlying principles and structures designed to facilitate effective engagement about climate risk, including the robustness of information and the construction of knowledge through co-production. Chapters then move on to explore examples of using climate information to inform adaptation and resilience through early warning, river basin development, urban planning and rural livelihoods based in a variety of contexts. These insights inform new ways to promote action in policy and praxis through the blending of knowledge from multiple disciplines, including climate science that provides understanding of future climate risk and the social science of response through adaptation. The book will be of interest to advanced undergraduate students and postgraduate students, researchers, policy makers and practitioners in geography, environment, international development and related disciplines.