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1 online resource (380 pages)
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9780226534299
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No place is perfectly safe, but some places are more dangerous than others. Whether we live on a floodplain or in "Tornado Alley," near a nuclear facility or in a neighborhood poorly lit at night, we all co-exist uneasily with natural and man-made hazards. As Mark Monmonier shows in this entertaining and immensely informative book, maps can tell us a lot about where we can anticipate certain hazards, but they can also be dangerously misleading. California, for example, takes earthquakes seriously, with a comprehensive program of seismic mapping, whereas Washington has been comparatively lax about earthquakes in Puget Sound. But as the Northridge earthquake in January 1994 demonstrated all too clearly to Californians, even reliable seismic-hazard maps can deceive anyone who misinterprets "known fault-lines" as the only places vulnerable to earthquakes. Important as it is to predict and prepare for catastrophic natural hazards, more subtle and persistent phenomena such as pollution and crime also pose serious dangers that we have to cope with on a daily basis. Hazard-zone maps highlight these more insidious hazards and raise awareness about them among planners, local officials, and the public. With the help of many maps illustrating examples from all corners of the United States, Monmonier demonstrates how hazard mapping reflects not just scientific understanding of hazards but also perceptions of risk and how risk can be reduced. Whether you live on a faultline or a coastline, near a toxic waste dump or an EMF-generating power line, you ignore this book's plain-language advice on geographic hazards and how to avoid them at your own peril. "No one should buy a home, rent an apartment, or even drink the local water without having read this fascinating cartographic alert on the dangers that lurk in our everyday lives. . . . Who has not asked where it
Content:
Intro -- Cartographies of Danger -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Map Scale , Danger Zones, and Safe Places -- 2 Shaky Preparations -- 3 Lavas and Other Strangers -- 4 Uncertain Shores -- 5 Death Tracks -- 6 Floodplains, by Definition, … -- 7 Subterranean Poisons -- 8 Ill Winds -- 9 Short-Lived Daughters and ELF Fields -- 10 Nuclear Nightmares -- 11 Imagining Vulnerability -- 12 Crimescapes -- 13 John Snow's Legacy -- 14 Emerging Cartographies of Danger -- Notes -- Index.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780226534183
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Monmonier, Mark S., 1943 - Cartographies of danger Chicago, Ill. [u.a.] : Univ. of Chicago Press, 1997 ISBN 9780226534190
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0226534189
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0226534197
Additional Edition:
Print version Cartographies of Danger : Mapping Hazards in America
Language:
English
Subjects:
Geography
Keywords:
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