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Rivalling Disaster Experiences The Case of the Seismo-Volcanic Crisis of El Hierro, Canary Islands Benedikt M. Orlowski
- Format:
- Book
- Thesis/Dissertation
- Author/Creator:
- Orlowski, Benedikt M. <p>Benedikt M. Orlowski, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Deutschland</p>, Author.
- Series:
- Sozial- und Kulturgeographie
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Disasters.
- Culture.
- Media.
- Crisis.
- Risk.
- Disaster Mitigation.
- Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).
- Nature.
- Human.
- Civil Society.
- Cultural Geography.
- Human Ecology.
- Environmental Policy.
- Geography.
- Local Subjects:
- Disasters.
- Culture.
- Media.
- Crisis.
- Risk.
- Disaster Mitigation.
- Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR).
- Nature.
- Human.
- Civil Society.
- Cultural Geography.
- Human Ecology.
- Environmental Policy.
- Geography.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (278 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Orlowski, Rivalling Disaster Experiences The Case of the Seismo-Volcanic Crisis of El Hierro, Canary Islands
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- Benedikt M. Orlowski, born in 1979, works as a research associate at the Department for Urban Research and Statistics in Nürnberg. The human geographer did his doctorate at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg and is a member of the working group on »Cultures and Disasters« at the local Institute for Geography. In 2015, he co-edited a volume on Cultures and Disasters which has become a seminal book in its field. His research focus is on human geography, particularly the geography of risk and cross-disciplinary approaches to volcanic risk, and risk and the media.
- Summary:
- People experience disasters very differently. Conflicts about a »correct« interpretation of the risks might arise. The side-by-side of different truths lead to people seeing mismanagement and disinformation. The volcanic crisis of El Hierro shows how rivalling interpretations amongst affected islanders, the media, sciences, and disaster response institutions cause great social tensions and scepticism towards scientific information. Thus, to fully understand disaster risk, the focus must shift to the rifts between established convictions and the individuals' creativity to overcome them, taking into account their embeddedness in various fields of practice, each with their own rationales and ruptures.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abstract
- 1. Preface: A Volcano Named ‘Cabrón’
- 2. Introduction: The Seismo-Volcanic Crisis of El Hierro
- 3. The Study Area: El Hierro, Canary Islands
- 4. A Scientist’s View on Volcanic Risks on El Hierro, Canary Islands
- 5. Culturally Borne Disasters
- 6. Geography of Risk Inspired by a Pragmatist Notion of Praxis
- 7. Research Design and Methodological Approach
- 8. Disaster Experiences in Rivalling Fields of Practice
- 9. Conclusion: Disaster Experiences Emerging from Rivalling Fields of Practice
- References
- Illustration Index
- Index of Tables
- Abbreviations
- List of Interviews
- Notes:
- Doctoral Thesis Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg 2019
- ISBN:
- 9783839455128
- 383945512X
- OCLC:
- 1241450877
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