Earthquake Disasters in Latin America A Holistic Approach / by Heriberta Castaños, Cinna Lomnitz.

This book is an attempt to demonstrate the analytical power of the holistic approach for understanding disasters.   Six major earthquakes in Latin America are used as an example: the general idea is to place disasters in a broad social and regional context.  Understanding disasters is a way of under...

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Main Authors: Castaños, Heriberta (Author), Lomnitz, Cinna (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edition:1st ed. 2012.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences,
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