Leadership in Disaster

Learning for a Future with Global Climate Change

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
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Author: Raymond Murphy ISBN: 9780773577886
Publisher: MQUP Publication: April 1, 2009
Imprint: MQUP Language: English
Author: Raymond Murphy
ISBN: 9780773577886
Publisher: MQUP
Publication: April 1, 2009
Imprint: MQUP
Language: English
The study looks into whether technological development inadvertently constructed new vulnerabilities to nature's forces, thereby manufacturing a natural disaster. As this extreme weather may foreshadow what will occur with global warming, Murphy's interviews also explore the politics, economics, ethics, and cultural predispositions underlying climate change, investigating how modern societies create both risks they assume are acceptable and the burden of managing them. An innovative comparison with Amish communities, where the same extreme weather had trivial consequences, is instructive for avoiding future socio-environmental calamities.
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The study looks into whether technological development inadvertently constructed new vulnerabilities to nature's forces, thereby manufacturing a natural disaster. As this extreme weather may foreshadow what will occur with global warming, Murphy's interviews also explore the politics, economics, ethics, and cultural predispositions underlying climate change, investigating how modern societies create both risks they assume are acceptable and the burden of managing them. An innovative comparison with Amish communities, where the same extreme weather had trivial consequences, is instructive for avoiding future socio-environmental calamities.

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