The big ones : how natural disasters have shaped us (and what we can do about them)
by Jones, Lucile M. (Author)
Summary
"By the world-renowned seismologist, a surprising history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to come Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes--these all stem from the same forces that give our planet life. It is only when they exceed our ab... Full description
- Brimstone and fire from out of Heaven : Pompeii, Roman Empire, AD 79
- Bury the dead and feed the living : Lisbon, Portugal, 1755
- The greatest catastrophe : Iceland, 1783
- What we forget : California, United States, 1861-1862
- Finding faults : Tokyo-Yokohama, Japan, 1923
- When the levee breaks : Mississippi, United States, 1927
- Celestial disharmony : Tangshan, China, 1976
- Disasters without borders : the Indian Ocean, 2004
- A study in failure : New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 2005
- To court disaster: L'Aquila, Italy, 2009
- The Island of Ill Fortune : Tohoku, Japan, 2011
- Resilience by design : Los Angeles, California, sometime in the future.