Natural Disaster and Development in a Globalizing World by Pelling Mark, Linda Hutcheon

Natural Disaster and Development in a Globalizing World

Pelling Mark, Linda Hutcheon

272 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

sociology challenging informative medium-paced
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The number of humanitarian disasters triggered by a natural hazard has doubled every decade since the 1960s. At the same time, the global economic growth rate per capita is twice its 1960s value. Does this mean economic growth is independent of th...

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