The Social Roots of Risk: Producing Disasters, Promoting Resilience AUTH-9046329 Equally hard to imagine

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The Social Roots of Risk: Producing Disasters, Promoting Resilience AUTH-9046329 Equally hard to imagineThe first decade of the 21st century saw a remarkable number of large scale disasters. Earthquakes in Haiti and Sumatra underscored the serious economic consequences that catastrophic events can have on developing countries, while 9 11 and Hurricane Katrina showed that first world nations remain vulnerable. The Social Roots of Risk argues against the widespread notion that cataclysmic occurrences are singular events, driven by forces beyond our