Contextualizing Disaster Gregory V. Button, Mark Schuller.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Button, Gregory, editor.

Schuller, Mark, 1973- editor.

Knowledge Unlatched, Funder.

Series:

Disasters in Context

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 p.)

Place of Publication:

[s.l.] : Berghahn Books, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Contextualizing Disaster" offers a comparative analysis of six recent highly visible disasters and several slow-burning, hidden, crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and climate change. The book argues that, while disasters are increasingly represented by the media as unique, exceptional, newsworthy events, it is a mistake to think of disasters as isolated or discrete occurrences. Rather, building on insights developed by political ecologists, this book makes a compelling argument for understanding disasters as transnational and global phenomena.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction / Gregory V. Button, Mark Schuller

Chapter 1. A Poison Runs Through It: The Elk River Chemical Spill in West Virginia / Gregory V. Button, Erin R. Eldridge

Chapter 2. Whethering the Storm: The Twin Natures of Typhoons Haiyan and Yolanda / Greg Bankoff, George Emmanuel Borrinaga

Chapter 3. "The Tremors Felt Round the World": Haiti's Earthquake as Global Imagined Community / Mark Schuller

Chapter 4. Contested Narratives: Challenging the State's Neoliberal Authority in the Aftermath of the Chilean Earthquake / Nia Parson

Chapter 5. Decentralizing Disasters: Civic Engagement and Stalled Reconstruction after Japan's 3/11 / Bridget Love

Chapter 6. Expert Knowledge and the Ethnography of Disaster Reconstruction / Roberto E. Barrios

Chapter 7. "We Are Always Getting Ready": How Diverse Notions of Time and Flexibility Build Adaptive Capacity in Alaska and Tuvalu / Elizabeth Marino, Heather Lazrus

Chapter 8. Tempests, Green Teas, and the Right to Relocate: The Political Ecology of Superstorm Sandy / Melissa Checker

Index

Notes:

CC BY-NC-ND

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781789204773

1789204771

OCLC:

1253266601

Access Restriction:

Open access Unrestricted online access