The similarity of future disasters in Italy and the United States : the effects of current social change trends.
Material type: TextSeries: Article (University of Delaware. Disaster Research Center) ; 307Publication details: [Newark, Del.] : University of Delaware, 1996Description: [25] pSubject: Italy and the United States while different countries in many respects also share important societal characteristics. That is, they are both highly urbanized and industrialized societies. In addition, they rank very high in the world in terms of the range and number of disasters, both natural and technological to which they are subject. These features in common means that they will also share a partly common future, that is, they will both be subject to more and worse disasters in the decades to come. This paper documents why this will be the caseItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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In: Origins and transitions : towards a plural citizenship; p. 77-101
Italy and the United States while different countries in many respects also share important societal characteristics. That is, they are both highly urbanized and industrialized societies. In addition, they rank very high in the world in terms of the range and number of disasters, both natural and technological to which they are subject. These features in common means that they will also share a partly common future, that is, they will both be subject to more and worse disasters in the decades to come. This paper documents why this will be the case
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