Books+ Search Results
Catastrophes Views from Natural and Human Sciences
Title
Catastrophes [electronic resource] : Views from Natural and Human Sciences / edited by Andreas Hoppe.
ISBN
9783319208466
Edition
1st ed. 2016.
Publication
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Physical Description
IX, 155 p. 60 illus., 50 illus. in color : online resource.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
In this book natural scientists, engineers, physicians as well as historians and social scientists define and describe geo-hazards and associated technical disasters, natural disasters as a business case, medicine and its catastrophes as well as after war aspects of the Shoah, and the ´catastrophe´ for Palestinians related to the happiness of Jews celebrating their new State of Israel. Scientific disciplines have their own view on catastrophes. In this book they discuss Gershom Scholem´s Concept of Jewish Totality and describe the situation of Displaced Persons in Germany as well as the Nakba in 1948. They evaluate risk and opportunities from the insurance viewpoint and remind us of Hamburg´s Flood Disaster in 1962 as well as the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011. The book also includes other historical catastrophes in Japan, the Lisbon earthquake in 1755 and the Age of Enlightenment, and the eruption of the Tambora in 1815 followed by 'The year without summer'.
Variant and related titles
Springer ebooks.
Other formats
Printed edition:
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 24, 2016
Contents
Twist to Evil – An Introduction to Different Views on Catastrophes
The Great East Japan Earthquake in the Context of Historical Catastrophes in Japan
No “German-Jewish Dialogue”? On Gershom Scholem’s Concept of Jewish Totality as the Cornerstone for Cultural Resilience
Jewish life in camps after 1945. Displaced Persons Camps in the US Zone of Germany
The Nakba - Flight and Expulsion of the Palestinians in 1948
From Dinosaurs and Humans – Geology and Catastrophes
Dangerous Water in the Land of the Economic Miracle. Hamburg’s Flood Disaster in February 1962
Medicine – and its Catastrophes
Natural Disasters as a Business Case – Risks and Opportunities from the Insurance Viewpoint.
Also listed under
SpringerLink (Online service)
Bookmark As
Citation
