The Dynamics of Disaster Audiobook Summary
Natural disasters bedevil our planet, and each appears to be a unique event. Leading geologist Susan W. Kieffer shows how all disasters are connected.
In 2011 there were fourteen natural calamities that each destroyed over a billion dollars’ worth of property in the United States alone. In 2012 Hurricane Sandy ravaged the East Coast and major earthquakes struck in Italy, the Philippines, Iran, and Afghanistan. In the first half of 2013, the awful drumbeat continued–a monster supertornado struck Moore, Oklahoma; a powerful earthquake shook Sichuan, China; a cyclone ravaged Queensland, Australia; massive floods inundated Jakarta; and the most destructive wildfire ever engulfed a large part of Colorado.
Despite these events, we still behave as if natural disasters are outliers. Why else would we continue to build new communities near active volcanoes, on tectonically active faults, on flood plains, and in areas routinely lashed by vicious storms?
A famous historian once observed that “civilization exists by geologic consent, subject to change without notice.” In the pages of this unique book, leading geologist Susan W. Kieffer provides a primer on most types of natural disasters: earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanoes, landslides, hurricanes, cyclones, and tornadoes. By taking us behind the scenes to the underlying geology that causes them, she shows why natural disasters are more common than we realize and that their impact on us will increase as our growing population crowds into ever more vulnerable areas.
Kieffer describes how natural disasters result from “changes in state” in a geologic system, much as when water turns to steam. By understanding what causes these changes of state, we can begin to understand the dynamics of natural disasters.
Finally, Kieffer outlines how we might better prepare for, and in some cases prevent, future disasters. She also calls for the creation of an organization–something akin to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention–that is focused on pending natural disasters.
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The Dynamics of Disaster Audiobook Narrator
Heather Henderson is the narrator of The Dynamics of Disaster audiobook that was written by Susan W. Kieffer
Heather Henderson is a voice talent, theater critic, and dramaturg. In addition to narrating audiobooks, she has voiced hundreds of commercial and educational projects, and her arts reviews and poems have appeared in newspapers and magazines across the country. She holds MFA and DFA degrees from the Yale School of Drama. She lives in Oregon.
About the Author(s) of The Dynamics of Disaster
Susan W. Kieffer is the author of The Dynamics of Disaster
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The Dynamics of Disaster Full Details
Narrator | Heather Henderson |
Length | 6 hours 58 minutes |
Author | Susan W. Kieffer |
Category | |
Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
Release date | March 29, 2024 |
ISBN | 9781481597401 |
Subjects
The publisher of the The Dynamics of Disaster is Blackstone Publishing. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Earth Sciences, General, Science
Additional info
The publisher of the The Dynamics of Disaster is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Blackstone Publishing. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9781481597401.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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