Book
The cure for catastrophe : how we can stop manufacturing natural disasters / Robert Muir-Wood.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780465060948 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: vii, 356 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Publisher: New York : Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Trust in the walls -- Catastrophe year zero -- Catastrophysics -- The three little pigs -- Risk made concrete -- Mr Heath's little black book -- The garden of the forking paths -- Intolerable risk -- The disaster forecast -- Save our souls -- The master of disaster -- Turning up the heat -- The remedies of Dr Resilience. |
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| Subject: | Environmental risk assessment. Hazard mitigation. Hazardous geographic environments. Natural disasters > Planning. Natural disasters > Prevention. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 363.3407 Mui | 31681010028090 | NONFIC | In process | - |
Robert Muir Wood is the chief research officer of Risk Management Solutions and a visiting professor at University College London's Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction. He is the founding editor of the magazine Terra Nova and has published several books. He lives in London, United Kingdom.
Robert Muir Wood is the chief research officer of Risk Management Solutions and a visiting professor at University College London's Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction. He is the founding editor of the magazine Terra Nova and has published six books. He lives in London, United Kingdom.
