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The Silver Lining: The Benefits of Natural Disasters
Seth R. Reice
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Description for The Silver Lining: The Benefits of Natural Disasters
Paperback. Reveals the short-sightedness behind conceiving of floods, fires, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes as natural disasters. This book argues that such thinking has led to policies that have done the environment more harm than good. It points out ways in which we can better address the environmental problems that humanity faces. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15 line illus., 3 tables. BIC Classification: PSAF; RNC; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 28.
Floods, fires, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes--we are quick to call them "natural disasters." But are they? Did the great fires that swept Yellowstone in 1988 devastate the park, or did they just ravage our image of the park as a fixed, unchanging national treasure? This lucid, lively book reveals the shortsightedness behind conceiving of such events as disastrous to nature. Indeed, Seth Reice contends, such thinking has led to policies that have done the environment more harm than good--the U.S. Forest Service's campaign against natural forest fires and the Army Corps of Engineers' flood prevention program are examples. He points ... Read more
Floods, fires, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, hurricanes--we are quick to call them "natural disasters." But are they? Did the great fires that swept Yellowstone in 1988 devastate the park, or did they just ravage our image of the park as a fixed, unchanging national treasure? This lucid, lively book reveals the shortsightedness behind conceiving of such events as disastrous to nature. Indeed, Seth Reice contends, such thinking has led to policies that have done the environment more harm than good--the U.S. Forest Service's campaign against natural forest fires and the Army Corps of Engineers' flood prevention program are examples. He points ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691113685
SKU
V9780691113685
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About Seth R. Reice
Seth R. Reice is Associate Professor of Biology and Ecology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Reviews for The Silver Lining: The Benefits of Natural Disasters
"[This] book is engaging, and its message is important: our national parks will never be outdoor museums; nature's nature is change."
Christine Kenneally, The New York Times Book Review "A valuable addition to the growing body of nontechnical works that bridge the gap between scientists and a public increasingly savvy about natural resource issues."
Thomas Good, American Scientist "Reice has succeeded here ... Read more
Christine Kenneally, The New York Times Book Review "A valuable addition to the growing body of nontechnical works that bridge the gap between scientists and a public increasingly savvy about natural resource issues."
Thomas Good, American Scientist "Reice has succeeded here ... Read more