Keywords
natural hazards, relative risk, risk reduction, environmental numeracy
Abstract
Timothy H. Dixon. 2017. Curbing Catastrophe: Natural Hazards and Risk Reduction in the Modern World. (New York, NY: Cambridge University Press) 300 pp. ISBN 978-1108113663.
Curbing Catastrophe for the most part lives up to what is claimed in the foreword: “…a compelling account of recent and historical disasters, both natural and human-caused, drawing on common themes and providing a holistic understanding of hazards, disasters, and mitigation for anyone interested in this important and topical subject.” This is a pretty thorough treatment of an extraordinarily complex subject, and the gaps identified in this review should be considered explications more than criticisms.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.11.2.11
Recommended Citation
Makansi, Jason. "Forewarned is Forearmed: Review of Curbing Catastrophe: Natural Hazards and Risk Reduction in the Modern World by Timothy H. Dixon (2017)." Numeracy 11, Iss. 2 (2018): Article 11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5038/1936-4660.11.2.11
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