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Long Road to Recovery: Community Responses to Industrial Disaster - Softcover

Mitchell, James Kenneth

 
9789280809268: Long Road to Recovery: Community Responses to Industrial Disaster
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9280809261 ISBN 13: 9789280809268
Publisher: United Nations Univ

Synopsis

Emphasizing the need for long-term post-disaster assessment and the creation of information clearing-houses that focus on industrial disaster surprises, contributors discuss the results of long-term case studies of seven highly publicized industrial disasters: the mercury contamination in Minamata, Japan; the underground fires in Centralia, Pennsylvania, USA; the air-borne dioxin release at Seveso, Italy; the poison gas cloud in Bhopal, India; the nuclear reactor fire at Chernobyl, Ukraine; the destruction of Iran's oil facilities during the war with Iraq; and the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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About the Author

James K. Mitchell is chairman of the Department of Geography at Rutgers University. He has served on hazards and disasters committees of the National Research Council and as adviser to U.S. and international hazards management agencies.

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Publisher
United Nations Univ
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9280809261
ISBN 13 
9789280809268
Binding
Paperback