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Bezig met laden... Seismic City: An Environmental History of San Francisco's 1906 Earthquakedoor Joanna L. Dyl
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. In Seismic City Joanna Dyl makes the important point that so-called “natural disasters” are not created by an earthquake, hurricane, tornado, or other such event alone. Instead, they become disasters due to interaction between the man-made environment and the natural world. In the case of the devastating 1906 San Francisco earthquake, it was the hasty construction of a wooden city on unstable land fill in areas reclaimed from the bay that burned because fires fueled by broken gas lines transformed a natural event into a cataclysmic disaster that claimed the lives of 3,000 humans. This is a well-argued, convincing piece of historical research. In addition to the historiographical argument, Dyl describes the growth of San Francisco, its reaction to the earthquake, it’s tragic toll, the different plans and rival visions for rebuilding, and finally the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition that marked the recovery of the city. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"Seismic City argues that the disaster of 1906 must be understood as part of the ordinary relationship between the city and its natural surroundings. Despite its short-term drama and immediate impact on people's lives, the 1906 earthquake and fire did not transform the history of San Francisco. Instead, San Franciscans rapidly incorporated the crisis into pre-existing debates about urban ecology, urban development, and social relations in the city. In the modern era, Americans have generally viewed 'natural' disasters as anomalous, exceptional events. Interpreting disasters as unpredictable 'acts of nature' that represent a disruption of ordinary life has justified a failure to adequately plan for disasters and concealed the ways in which social factors such as poverty play as much of a role in causing disasters as the geological or meteorological events that precipitate crises. By applying these insights to a close study of San Francisco's 1906 earthquake, including the decades leading up to the disaster and the city's recovery in the years after 1906, this project demonstrates how disaster and recovery became integrated into San Francisco's history, rather than transforming the city, and makes an important contribution to the interdisciplinary field of natural disaster studies"--Provided by publisher. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)979.461051History and Geography North America Great Basin and West Coast U.S. California West central counties; San Francisco group San FranciscoLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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