Disasters

In: Global viewpoints

Abstract

Ch. 1 : Causes of disasters. Climate change may increase natural disasters worldwide / World Health Organization -- Famine in Africa is the result of a natural disaster / Alhagie Jobe -- Famine in Africa is caused by humans, not nature / Thomas Keneally -- In the United States, the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill was the result of industrial mistakes / National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling -- A British analyst examines the causes of the 9/11 disaster in the United States / Peter Bergen -- ch. 2 : Disasters, social issues, and politics. Poverty magnifies the impact of a disaster / Dan Brook -- Natural disasters and women / Lorena Aguilar -- Women survivors of the Bhopal disaster in India claim their rights / Jashodhara Dasgupta -- Natural disasters can cause political instability and conflict / Elizabeth Ferris -- Politics negatively affected Cyclone Nargis disaster relief in Myanmar / Donald M. Seekins -- Haiti's earthquake disaster is exacerbated by politics and poverty / Andrew Apter -- ch. 3 : Disaster preparedness. Better global preparedness for natural disasters would save lives / Bill McGuire, as told to Robin McKie -- Counting the cost of calamities / The Economist -- Early warning is insufficient preparation for famines in Africa / Jeeyon Janet Kim and Debarati Guhr-Sapir -- Without effective prevention, natural hazards become human-made disasters / The World Bank -- Lack of preparation for floods in Brazil leads to many deaths / Natalia Viana -- Japan was unprepared for the 2011 earthquake and tsunami / Jun Hongo -- In the United States, transportation planners were not prepared for Hurricane Katrina / Todd Litman -- ch. 4 : Disaster response and aftermath. Disease often follows natural disasters / CBC News -- The aftermath of the Japanese tsunami triggers a potential United States environmental disaster / Becky Bohrer -- Britain proposes a new way of responding to disasters / Rachel Sylvester and Alice Thomson -- The World Bank responds effectively to the Haiti earthquake / Independent Evaluation Group -- The International Monetary Fund's response endangers Haiti's recovery / Bretton Woods Project -- Rwanda cuts disaster risk at the site of a potential explosion / Xan Rice -- China effectively responds to disasters but must improve risk reduction / Zhang Qingfeng and Melissa Howell Alipalo