Confronting Catastrophe: New Perspectives on Natural Disasters

By David E. Alexander

Book Overview

The current models habitually used to interpret disasters are now decades old and relate to a time when society held markedly different views. The author of this provocative new book, a physical geographer and survivor of a major earthquake in southern Italy (1980), reconceptualizes the story of disaster in terms of present-day trends and tendencies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195216962
• ISBN13: 9780195216967
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"