Volcanic Hazards and Disasters in Human Antiquity
Author: Floyd W. McCoy
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9780813723457
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Living Under the Shadow
Author: John Grattan
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-06-03
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 1315425157
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPopularist treatments of ancient disasters like volcanic eruptions have grossly overstated their capacity for death, destruction, and societal collapse. Contributors to this volume—from anthropology, archaeology, environmental studies, geology, and biology—show that human societies have been incredibly resilient and, in the long run, have often recovered remarkably well from wide scale disruption and significant mortality. They have often used eruptions as a trigger for environmental enrichment, cultural change, and adaptation. These historical studies are relevant to modern hazard management because they provide records for a far wider range of events and responses than have been recorded in written records, yet are often closely datable and trackable using standard archaeological and geological techniques. Contributors also show the importance of traditional knowledge systems in creating a cultural memory of dangerous locations and community responses to disaster. The global and temporal coverage of the research reported is impressive, comprising studies from North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, and ranging in time from the Middle Palaeolithic to the modern day.
Eruptions that Shook the World
Author: Clive Oppenheimer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2011-05-26
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 1139496395
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat does it take for a volcanic eruption to really shake the world? Did volcanic eruptions extinguish the dinosaurs, or help humans to evolve, only to decimate their populations with a super-eruption 73,000 years ago? Did they contribute to the ebb and flow of ancient empires, the French Revolution and the rise of fascism in Europe in the 19th century? These are some of the claims made for volcanic cataclysm. Volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer explores rich geological, historical, archaeological and palaeoenvironmental records (such as ice cores and tree rings) to tell the stories behind some of the greatest volcanic events of the past quarter of a billion years. He shows how a forensic approach to volcanology reveals the richness and complexity behind cause and effect, and argues that important lessons for future catastrophe risk management can be drawn from understanding events that took place even at the dawn of human origins.
Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risks and Societal Implications
Author: Alik Ismail-Zadeh
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-04-17
Total Pages: 431
ISBN-13: 1107033861
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA unique interdisciplinary approach to disaster risk research, including global hazards and case-studies, for researchers, graduate students and professionals.
Surviving Sudden Environmental Change
Author: Jago Cooper
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 2012-02-01
Total Pages: 355
ISBN-13: 1457117266
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArchaeologists have long encountered evidence of natural disasters through excavation and stratigraphy. In Surviving Sudden Environmental Change, case studies examine how eight different past human communities—ranging from Arctic to equatorial regions, from tropical rainforests to desert interiors, and from deep prehistory to living memory—faced, and coped with, such dangers. Many disasters originate from a force of nature, such as an earthquake, cyclone, tsunami, volcanic eruption, drought, or flood. But that is only half of the story; decisions of people and their particular cultural lifeways are the rest. Sociocultural factors are essential in understanding risk, impact, resilience, reactions, and recoveries from massive sudden environmental changes. By using deep-time perspectives provided by interdisciplinary approaches, this book provides a rich temporal background to the human experience of environmental hazards and disasters. In addition, each chapter is followed by an abstract summarizing the important implications for today’s management practices and providing recommendations for policy makers. Publication supported in part by the National Science Foundation.
The Archaeology of Geological Catastrophes
Author: Bill McGuire
Publisher: Geological Society of America
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArchaeology is helping to unravel the details of geological catastrophes during the past few millennia. This text describes archaeological techniques, and their application to examining the impacts of volcanoes and earthquakes. There are case studies from around the world including Europe, Africa, South East Asia, Central and North America. There is also a strong focus on the Minoan eruption of Santorini and the AD eruption of Vesuvius.
Roman Disasters
Author: Jerry Toner
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2013-07-10
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 0745665497
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRoman Disasters looks at how the Romans coped with, thought about, and used disasters for their own ends. Rome has been famous throughout history for its great triumphs. Yet Rome also suffered colossal disasters. From the battle of Cannae, where fifty thousand men fell in a single day, to the destruction of Pompeii, to the first appearance of the bubonic plague, the Romans experienced large scale calamities.Earthquakes, fires, floods and famines also regularly afflicted them. This insightful book is the first to treat such disasters as a conceptual unity. It shows that vulnerability to disasters was affected by politics, social status, ideology and economics. Above all, it illustrates how the resilience of their political and cultural system allowed the Romans to survive the impact of these life-threatening events. The book also explores the important role disaster narratives played in Christian thought and rhetoric. Engaging and accessible, Roman Disasters will be enjoyed by students and general readers alike.
Living Under the Shadow
Author: John Grattan
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-06-03
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 1315425165
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContributors to this volume—from anthropology, archaeology, environmental studies, geology, and biology—show that human societies have been incredibly resilient and adaptive from the impacts of volcanic eruptions over human history and prehistory.
Global Catastrophic Risks
Author: Nick Bostrom
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011-09-29
Total Pages: 577
ISBN-13: 0199606501
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Global Catastrophic Risk is one that has the potential to inflict serious damage to human well-being on a global scale. This book focuses on such risks arising from natural catastrophes (Earth-based or beyond), nuclear war, terrorism, biological weapons, totalitarianism, advanced nanotechnology, artificial intelligence and social collapse.
Volcanoes in the Quaternary
Author: Callum R. Firth
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781862390492
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAnnotation "A full understanding of the complex interaction between volcanic activity and Quaternary environmental change requires the collaboration of both volcanologists and Quaternary scientists. Volcanoes in the Quaternary brings together papers from workers in both fields and reflects the diversity of current research. The papers are grouped geographically and focus on New Zealand's North Island, the East African Rift Valley, the Mediterranean and Iceland. They cover the determination of eruptive chronologies, discuss the impacts on local vegetation and society, outline the importance of tephrostratigraphic records and provide detailed studies of hazard assessment."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
