Are Natural Disasters Increasing? (At Issue) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0737746661 ISBN 13: 9780737746662

Publisher: Greenhaven Pr, 2010

Synopsis

Books in this series focus a wide range of viewpoints onto a single controversial issue, providing in-depth perspectives from a variety of primary and secondary sources, including eyewitness accounts, scientific journals, government officials and others.

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Gr 7 Up–This book includes a good selection of viewpoints on weather-related natural disasters, their frequency, and whether or not they are primarily caused by global warming or poor human planning. More importantly, there is much discussion around the fact that naturally occurring disasters are having increasingly devastating effects on human populations because of governments' lack of involvement regarding underprivileged populations. Many believe our planet is experiencing climate change on a scale that is producing increased flooding and drought, which is, in turn, having a devastating effect on the lives of those whose sustenance relies on the affected areas. The poor suffer most by virtue of having no alternative means of support once their local habitat is destroyed. The argument is also made that natural disasters are not in fact increasing so much as occurring where populations should not have settled. Anthropogenic global warming and the economics of disasters are also explored in this context. The concepts are clearly laid out by well-respected professionals in the field, and the arguments are all supported with data, though there is a tendency to overuse acronyms in the text.–Meredith Toumayan, The Governor's Academy, Byfield, MAα(c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Greenhaven Pr
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0737746661
• ISBN 13: 9780737746662
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 135
• Editor: Kiesbye Stefan