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Forces of Nature and Cultural Responses

Previously published in hardcover
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
216 Seiten
Englisch
Springer Netherlandserschienen am29.01.20152013
Section 2 includes a psychological study on the impact of earthquakes on academic performance, a study on tsunami vulnerability and recovery strategies in Thailand and a study on the social and economic aftermaths of a tsunami and a hurricane in Hawaii.mehr
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Produkt

KlappentextSection 2 includes a psychological study on the impact of earthquakes on academic performance, a study on tsunami vulnerability and recovery strategies in Thailand and a study on the social and economic aftermaths of a tsunami and a hurricane in Hawaii.
ZusammenfassungSpanning science and the humanities, this volume explores relationships between natural forces and human culture. It surveys the environmental history of natural disasters, from ancient times to today, discussing storms, ball lightning, floods and fires.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-94-007-9288-3
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Erscheinungsjahr2015
Erscheinungsdatum29.01.2015
Auflage2013
Seiten216 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht373 g
IllustrationenXXIV, 216 p.
Artikel-Nr.33871952

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Forces of nature and cultural responses: an introduction.-Ball Lightning: an elusive force of nature.-The ball lightning controversy - Empirical case studies.-How does a series of earthquakes affect academic performance?.-Vulnerability and disaster in Thailand: Scale, power, and collaboration in post-tsunami recovery.-Disaster in paradise: a preliminary investigation of the socio-economic aftermaths of two coastal disasters in Hawaii.-Responses to natural disasters in the Greek and Roman world.-Provisioning capacity: a critical component of vulnerability and resilience under chronic volcanic eruptions.-Jamming with disaster: New Orleans jazz in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina.-Two floods compared: Response to and perception of the 1682 and 1715 flooding disasters in the Low Countries.mehr
Kritik
From the book reviews:
"With Forces of Nature and Cultural Responses, the editors and their collaborators make a notable contribution to the robust body of literature that has developed around the subject of how human societies understand and respond to natural disasters. ... the book will certainly appeal to students of disaster management for its careful referencing of current research and empirical data related to disasters." (Saptarishi Bandopadhyay, Natural Hazards Observer, Vol. XXXIX (3), January, 2015)mehr

Autor


Katrin Pfeifer (née Hauer) studied history, pedagogy, and English at the Universities of Salzburg and Vienna. She was awarded with a DOC-Grant by the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Her research interests lie within European environmental and cultural history from Early Modern Times up to today. In the not too distant past, Katrin Pfeifer has worked on youth cultures and on how to enhance learning effects by the use of pictures in education. 

Niki Pfeifer studied psychology and philosophy at the University of Salzburg and at York University (UK). He is supported by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation. Niki Pfeifer´s research topics are located in the intersections of formal epistemology, probability logic, and the psychology of reasoning. Moreover, his research interests include historical severe storms and the cultural history of natural disasters in general.
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