Disaster by Choice
An earthquake shatters Haiti and a hurricane slices through Texas. Science recounts a different story, however: disasters are not the consequence of natural causes; they are the consequence of human choices and decisions. We hear that nature runs rampant, seeking to destroy us th… Celý popis ↓
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Disaster by Choice
An earthquake shatters Haiti and a hurricane slices through Texas. Science recounts a different story, however: disasters are not the consequence of natural causes; they are the consequence of human choices and decisions. We hear that nature runs rampant, seeking to destroy us through these 'natural disasters'.
A complex of factors shape disasters. We put ourselves in harm's way; we fail to take measures which we know would prevent disasters, no matter what the environment does.This can be both hard to accept, and hard to unravel. They arise from the political processes dictating where and what we build, and from social circumstances which create and perpetuate poverty and discrimination.
They develop from the social preference to blame nature for the damage wrought, when in fact events such as earthquakes and storms are entirely commonplace environmental processes. We feel the
Parametre
- Autor
- Ilan Kelman
- Počet strán
- 192
- Rok vydania
- 2022
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