Are natural disasters increasing?
Book - 2014
"Books in this anthology series focus a wide range of viewpoints onto a single controversial issue, providing in-depth discussions by leading advocates, a quick grounding in the issues, and a challenge to critical thinking skills"--Provided by publisher.
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- Published
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Detroit :
Greenhaven Press
2014.
- Language
- English
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- 103 pages ; 24 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-96) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780737768220
- Climate change is increasing the severity of natural disasters / Andrew Freedman
- Climate change is increasing the frequency of floods and droughts / Paul A. Dirmeyer
- Climate change is not increasing the frequency of floods / Kenneth Artz
- Natural disasters are hitting harder, and not because of global warming / Jacy Fortin
- Natural disasters caused by human activity have increased / Brian Merchant
- Urbanization increases the threat of natural disasters / Stewart M. Patrick
- The increase of natural disasters is a biblical prophecy / Ron Fraser
- Catastrophe on camera : why media coverage of natural disasters is flawed / Patrick Cockburn
- The frequency of earthquakes is not increasing / Colin Stark
- Counting the costs of calamities / Economist
- Economic recovery from natural disasters is declining / Richard Heinburg
- International laws fail to address disaster-driven migration / Michael Clemens.
