The Unnatural History Of Natural Disaster In Nigeria.

The Unnatural History Of Natural Disaster In Nigeria.

Abstract

With the exception of the9/11 disaster, the top ten most expensive catastrophes inU.S. history have all been natural disasters – five of them hurricanes – and all have passed since 1989. Why this tremendous pest on our homes? In Acts of God, environmental annalist Ted Steinberg explains that important of the death and destruction has been well within the realm of mortal control. Natural Disaster Steinberg exposes the falseness of seeing similar disasters as simply arbitrary events.

Beginning with the 1886 Charleston and 1906 San Francisco earthquakes, and continuing to the present, Steinberg explores the unnatural history of natural disaster, the opinions of business leaders and government officers that have paved the way for the lesser losses of life and property, especially among those least suitable to repel similar blows – America’s poor, senior, and nonages.

Natural Disaster Seeing nature or God as the primary malefactor, Steinberg argues, has helped to hide the fact that some Americans are more defended from the violence of nature than their counterparts lower down the socioeconomic graduation. Natural Disaster Sure to provoke discussion, Acts of God is a call to action that must be heard. “ A sobering assignment in humanity’s vulnerability to extreme climatic events, especially the impoverished planter and the civic poor. ” – The Los Angeles Times Book Review. Natural Disaster