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Natural disasters have played an integral role in human history since the dawn of civilization. Volcanic eruptions have been credited with the fall of civilizations, pandemic diseases have affected multiple generations, and massive famines have killed or impoverished millions. But in many cases, "natural" disasters are anything but. Famines are almost invariably caused by or related to domestic and international wars, diseases are either intentionally or unintentionally spread from one nation to another, and, while humans play little to no role in producing volcanoes and other earth phenomena, the impact of these events are far worsened by humans' poor decisions on locating communities upon major fault lines, building substandard housing, or creating inadequate community evacuation or relief plans.This book examines the relationship between mankind and the natural environment through the lens of natural disasters, where the interaction between humanity and its environment comes into sharpest focus. The text achieves this goal through the examination of 22 case studies spanning the last 150 years, looking at familiar events like the Irish Potato Famine alongside relatively unknown disasters such as the 1970 Bhola Cyclone and the 1908 Messina Straits earthquake. In addition to the case studies, the book explores two main themes. First, it focuses on human agency as a factor in natural disaster, identifying to what degree humans have triggered or exacerbated natural disasters through their own economic, political, or cultural choices. Second, it explores interrelationships between different forms of disaster. For example, rather than examining cyclones in isolation from other disaster forms, the text considers cyclones within the context of global warming and El Niño, both of which can influence cyclone frequency, location, and severity.
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- Benjamin Reilly. Disaster and Human History: Case Studies in Nature, Society and Catastrophe. — Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2009. — 391 p. — ISBN 0-78643-655-7.
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- Benjamin Reilly. Disaster and Human History: Case Studies in Nature, Society and Catastrophe. — 2009. — P. 97. — 391 p. — ISBN 0-78643-655-7.
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- B. Reilly. Disaster and Human History. — 2009. — P. 160—161.