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Meltdown : climate change, natural disasters, and other catastrophes : fears and concerns of the future / Kathryn Gow, editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Natural disaster research, prediction and mitigation series.
- Natural disaster research, prediction and mitigation series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Climatic changes--Physiological effect.
- Climatic changes.
- Climatic changes--Psychological aspects.
- Climatic changes--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (448 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Are all the natural disasters that have beset the world in the past decade an indicator that the world is about to end? In this book, there are a number of chapters that focus on the theoretical positions and cognition about fears and concerns for the future.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Conceptualising fears and concerns about future catastrophes
- pt. 2. What are some of the effects of climate change and natural disasters?
- pt. 3. Can we afford to take chances with our future?.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-61324-205-0
- OCLC:
- 923661696
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