Disasters in Paradise: Natural Hazards, Social Vulnerability, and Development Decisions

Amanda D. Concha-Holmes; Anthony Oliver-Smith

doi:10.5771/9780739177389

Summary

Long considered ground zero for global climate change in the United States, Florida presents the perfect case study for disaster risk and prevention. Building on the idea that disasters are produced by historical and contemporary social processes as well as natural phenomena, Amanda D. Concha-Holmes and Anthony Oliver-Smith present a collection of ethnographic case studies that examine the social and environmental effects of Florida’s public and private sector development policies. Contributors to Disasters in Paradise explore how these practices have increased the vulnerability of Floridians to hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, frosts, and forest fires.

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Edition: 1/2019
Copyright Year: 2019
ISBN-Print: 978-0-7391-7737-2
ISBN-Online: 978-0-7391-7738-9
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 254
Product Type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
2. List of Figures and Tables No access
3. List of Acronyms No access
4. Acknowledgments No access
Chapter 1 Natural Hazards, Social Vulnerability, and Development in Florida No access Pages 1 - 26
Chapter 2 Eye on The Storm No access Pages 27 - 50
Chapter 3 Twisted State No access Pages 51 - 78
Chapter 4 Disaster in Apalachicola No access Pages 79 - 104
Chapter 5 Drought, Unsustainable Water Practices, and the Social Construction of Risk in Glades County No access Pages 105 - 138
Chapter 6 Needed and Feared No access Pages 139 - 174
Chapter 7 humaNature, Citrus, and Disaster in north central Florida No access Pages 175 - 202
Chapter 8 Climate Change, Disasters, and Development in Florida No access Pages 203 - 242
Index No access Pages 243 - 250
About the Contributors No access Pages 251 - 254