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Released almost 30 years later, this documentary examines events surrounding the major industrial accident at the trichlorphen plant ICMESA, near Seveso (“Seveso chemical disaster”).
Released almost 30 years later, this documentary examines events surrounding the major industrial accident at the trichlorphen plant ICMESA, near Seveso (“Seveso chemical disaster”).
A glowing review of a synthesis of some of the key themes in the study of environmental history as it relates to Latin America.
Numerous cartographic and written historical sources tell the story of the measures Vienna’s dynamic Danube riverscape underwent in an extensive effort to secure navigation between the main river arm and the city within the last 500 years.
In 1957 the third most severe nuclear accident in history happened in the Southern Urals, at the Soviet nuclear site “Mayak” near Kyshtym. For decades, almost no information about this incident reached the Western press—thanks to the CIA’s secrecy.
This documentary approaches global warming with relation to the human and cultural dimension in several Pacific inslands.
Covering a wide geographical range of European countries, the articles in this edited collection investigate urban disasters such as floods, fires, earthquakes, and epidemic diseases.
In November 1951 the Polesine, a flatland enclosed by the rivers Po and Adige in northeastern Italy, was hit by massive flooding. Hundreds of hectares were submerged and tens of thousands of people left homeless. The effects of a particularly heavy wet season were compounded by insufficient flood defenses.
The North Sea flood of 1953 caused widespread damage and approximately 2,400 fatalities in the UK, the Netherlands, and Belgium. As devastating as it was, the flood also triggered many changes in how the countries surrounding the North Sea manage their flood risk, including the development of improved warning systems and various protection schemes.
This book is the first comprehensive account of the causes, context, and consequences of the the worst accident in the history of commercial nuclear power in the United States, which occurred at Three Mile Island.
Anthony Carrigan, Carson Fellow from January to June 2012, talks about his research concerning social disasters such as wars and ongoing chronic poverty that can develop from colonization.