Earthquake Disasters in Latin America A Holistic Approach /
This book is an attempt to demonstrate the analytical power of the holistic approach for understanding disasters. Six major earthquakes in Latin America are used as an example: the general idea is to place disasters in a broad social and regional context. Understanding disasters is a way of under...
| Main Authors: | Castaños, Heriberta (Author), Lomnitz, Cinna (Author) |
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| Corporate Author: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
2012.
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| Series: | SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
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| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
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