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The Next Catastrophe

Author : Charles Perrow
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400838517
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Next Catastrophe written by Charles Perrow and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-07 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Perrow is famous worldwide for his ideas about normal accidents, the notion that multiple and unexpected failures--catastrophes waiting to happen--are built into our society's complex systems. In The Next Catastrophe, he offers crucial insights into how to make us safer, proposing a bold new way of thinking about disaster preparedness. Perrow argues that rather than laying exclusive emphasis on protecting targets, we should reduce their size to minimize damage and diminish their attractiveness to terrorists. He focuses on three causes of disaster--natural, organizational, and deliberate--and shows that our best hope lies in the deconcentration of high-risk populations, corporate power, and critical infrastructures such as electric energy, computer systems, and the chemical and food industries. Perrow reveals how the threat of catastrophe is on the rise, whether from terrorism, natural disasters, or industrial accidents. Along the way, he gives us the first comprehensive history of FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security and examines why these agencies are so ill equipped to protect us. The Next Catastrophe is a penetrating reassessment of the very real dangers we face today and what we must do to confront them. Written in a highly accessible style by a renowned systems-behavior expert, this book is essential reading for the twenty-first century. The events of September 11 and Hurricane Katrina--and the devastating human toll they wrought--were only the beginning. When the next big disaster comes, will we be ready? In a new preface to the paperback edition, Perrow examines the recent (and ongoing) catastrophes of the financial crisis, the BP oil spill, and global warming.

The Coming Catastrophe

Author : Paul A. Lynch
Publisher : XinXii
ISBN 13 : 3962462325
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book The Coming Catastrophe written by Paul A. Lynch and published by XinXii. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus spoke of the Tribulation and Great Tribulation od those days. The question may be asked "Which days?" Are we living in the final hours, years, months, and seconds of earth's history? Is this the end for the late great planet Earth? What is the "sign" of Jesus' coming and the end of the age? With countless catastrophes that have plagued this old earth have we finally felt them all or will there be catastrophes that are yet to be seen? Is the Antichrist just a figment of our imagination or will there be a global world leader who will not acknowledge anyone including God? If you want to know what time we are living in prophetically then read this book. If you don't care about such things then don't read this book. Whether we want to believe it or not this is the beginning of the end of the age. This is the beginning of the tragedy for many.This in truth is the Coming Catastrophe: The Beginning of Sorrows.

Storms of My Grandchildren

Author : James Hansen
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408820625
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Storms of My Grandchildren written by James Hansen and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: _______________ 'When the history of the climate crisis is written, Hansen will be seen as the scientist with the most powerful and consistent voice calling for intelligent action to preserve our planet's environment' - Al Gore 'Few people know more about climate change than James Hansen ... This unnerving and fluently written book is the definitive one to read' - BBC Wildlife 'Anyone concerned about the world our children and grandchildren must inherit owes it to themselves to read this book' - Irish Times _______________ An urgent and provocative call to action from the world's leading climate scientist Dr James Hansen, the world's leading scientist on climate issues, speaks out with the full truth about global warming: the planet is hurtling to a climatic point of no return. Hansen - whose climate predictions have come to pass again and again, beginning in the 1980s when he first warned US Congress about global warming - is the single most credible voice on the subject worldwide. He paints a devastating but all-too-realistic picture of what will happen if we continue to follow the course we're on. But he is also a hard-headed optimist, and shows that there is still time to take the urgent, strong action needed to save humanity. _______________ 'James Hansen gives us the opportunity to watch a scientist who is sick of silence and compromise; a scientist at the breaking point - the point at which he is willing to sacrifice his credibility to make a stand to avert disaster' - LA Times

The Coming Catastrophe,.

Author : C. A. [from old catalog] Grimmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book The Coming Catastrophe,. written by C. A. [from old catalog] Grimmer and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In Catastrophic Times

Author : Isabelle Stengers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781785420092
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book In Catastrophic Times written by Isabelle Stengers and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is addressed to everyone who is struggling and experimenting today, to everyone who is a true contemporary of what Stengers dares to call "the intrusion of Gaia," this "nature" that has left behind its traditional role and now has the power to question us all. In Catastrophic Times is neither a book of prophecy nor a survival guide. Here, Stengers reminds us that it falls to us to experiment with the apparatuses that make us capable of surviving without sinking into barbarism, to create what nourishes trust where panicked impotence threatens.

The 2030 Spike

Author : Colin Mason
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136555110
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book The 2030 Spike written by Colin Mason and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The clock is relentlessly ticking! Our world teeters on a knife-edge between a peaceful and prosperous future for all, and a dark winter of death and destruction that threatens to smother the light of civilization. Within 30 years, in the 2030 decade, six powerful 'drivers' will converge with unprecedented force in a statistical spike that could tear humanity apart and plunge the world into a new Dark Age. Depleted fuel supplies, massive population growth, poverty, global climate change, famine, growing water shortages and international lawlessness are on a crash course with potentially catastrophic consequences. In the face of both doomsaying and denial over the state of our world, Colin Mason cuts through the rhetoric and reams of conflicting data to muster the evidence to illustrate a broad picture of the world as it is, and our possible futures. Ultimately his message is clear; we must act decisively, collectively and immediately to alter the trajectory of humanity away from catastrophe. Offering over 100 priorities for immediate action, The 2030 Spike serves as a guidebook for humanity through the treacherous minefields and wastelands ahead to a bright, peaceful and prosperous future in which all humans have the opportunity to thrive and build a better civilization. This book is powerful and essential reading for all people concerned with the future of humanity and planet earth.

COMING CATASTROPHE

Author : C. A. Grimmer
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781361583777
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (837 download)

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Download or read book COMING CATASTROPHE written by C. A. Grimmer and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Doom

Author : Niall Ferguson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593297385
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Doom written by Niall Ferguson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "All disasters are in some sense man-made." Setting the annus horribilis of 2020 in historical perspective, Niall Ferguson explains why we are getting worse, not better, at handling disasters. Disasters are inherently hard to predict. Pandemics, like earthquakes, wildfires, financial crises. and wars, are not normally distributed; there is no cycle of history to help us anticipate the next catastrophe. But when disaster strikes, we ought to be better prepared than the Romans were when Vesuvius erupted, or medieval Italians when the Black Death struck. We have science on our side, after all. Yet in 2020 the responses of many developed countries, including the United States, to a new virus from China were badly bungled. Why? Why did only a few Asian countries learn the right lessons from SARS and MERS? While populist leaders certainly performed poorly in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Niall Ferguson argues that more profound pathologies were at work--pathologies already visible in our responses to earlier disasters. In books going back nearly twenty years, including Colossus, The Great Degeneration, and The Square and the Tower, Ferguson has studied the foibles of modern America, from imperial hubris to bureaucratic sclerosis and online fragmentation. Drawing from multiple disciplines, including economics, cliodynamics, and network science, Doom offers not just a history but a general theory of disasters, showing why our ever more bureaucratic and complex systems are getting worse at handling them. Doom is the lesson of history that this country--indeed the West as a whole--urgently needs to learn, if we want to handle the next crisis better, and to avoid the ultimate doom of irreversible decline.

How to Avoid a Climate Disaster

Author : Bill Gates
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0385546149
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book How to Avoid a Climate Disaster written by Bill Gates and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes and effects of climate change. With the help of experts in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, engineering, political science, and finance, he has focused on what must be done in order to stop the planet's slide to certain environmental disaster. In this book, he not only explains why we need to work toward net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases, but also details what we need to do to achieve this profoundly important goal. He gives us a clear-eyed description of the challenges we face. Drawing on his understanding of innovation and what it takes to get new ideas into the market, he describes the areas in which technology is already helping to reduce emissions, where and how the current technology can be made to function more effectively, where breakthrough technologies are needed, and who is working on these essential innovations. Finally, he lays out a concrete, practical plan for achieving the goal of zero emissions—suggesting not only policies that governments should adopt, but what we as individuals can do to keep our government, our employers, and ourselves accountable in this crucial enterprise. As Bill Gates makes clear, achieving zero emissions will not be simple or easy to do, but if we follow the plan he sets out here, it is a goal firmly within our reach.

The Coming Catastrophe Perilous Times Are Here

Author : Paul A. Lynch
Publisher : XinXii
ISBN 13 : 3961428042
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book The Coming Catastrophe Perilous Times Are Here written by Paul A. Lynch and published by XinXii. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus Christ spoke of the Tribulation and Great Tribulation. Jesus Christ spoke of many prophecies. Could the antichrist be here already? Are we living in the last days on planet Earth? Will Jesus soon be here? Read this amazing book and you'll discover the truth for yourself!

The Coming Catastrophe

Author : Paul Lynch
Publisher : Paul A. Lynch
ISBN 13 : 9789769646926
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (469 download)

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Download or read book The Coming Catastrophe written by Paul Lynch and published by Paul A. Lynch. This book was released on 2020-05-18 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus prophesied of the End-Times and the beginning of sorrows. The time of the end of the age is nearer than we think. What time are we living in? The answer is we are living in the time of the end: this is the beginning of sorrows. Parents will fight children and vice versa. Witchcraft and the occult are on the rise. People are happily marriage and divorce is the norm. Brother is betraying brother to death, and so parents with children. Sickness and diseases are on the rise. And technology is the new god of the age. The antichrist and the One World Order is upon us also known as the New World Order. The Mark of the Beast is yet to be issued; however, the various councils are in full support of it. Do you want to know what your future holds and that of the earth? Do you want to know who the antichrist will be and what he will do? Do you want to understand biblical prophecies and other Bible-related matters concerning the End-Times and true Christian living? If you are that individual then read this book. Revelation 13:16"And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: " 17"And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." 18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six."Mark 13:8 "For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows."

The Coming Catastrophe

Author : C. Grimmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781479314157
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (141 download)

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Download or read book The Coming Catastrophe written by C. Grimmer and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-23 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An EXACT reproduction of the original book THE COMING CATASTROPHE by Prof. C.A. Grimmer first published in 1881. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book

What If We Stopped Pretending?

Author : Jonathan Franzen
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008434050
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book What If We Stopped Pretending? written by Jonathan Franzen and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The climate change is coming. To prepare for it, we need to admit that we can’t prevent it.

The Coming Catastrophe

Author : C. A. Grimmer
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780243079063
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book The Coming Catastrophe written by C. A. Grimmer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Coming Catastrophe: Being a Prediction by Prof. C. A. Grimmer, (Astrologer, ) of the Terrible Misfortunes, Woes and Miseries Threatened to Mankind by the Malific Conjunctions Now Ruling the Heavens In order to give completeness to the whole, the publishers engaged Mr. Magus Bickerstaff to write an article on Astrol ogy, which here serves as an introduction to Professor Grim mer's prediction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Megadisasters

Author : Florin Diacu
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691133506
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Megadisasters written by Florin Diacu and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history and science behind efforts to predict major disasters, from tsunamis to stock market crashes Can we predict cataclysmic disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or stock market crashes? The Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 claimed more than 200,000 lives. Hurricane Katrina killed over 1,800 people and devastated the city of New Orleans. The recent global financial crisis has cost corporations and ordinary people around the world billions of dollars. Megadisasters is a book that asks why catastrophes such as these catch us by surprise, and reveals the history and groundbreaking science behind efforts to forecast major disasters and minimize their destruction. Each chapter of this exciting and eye-opening book explores a particular type of cataclysmic event and the research surrounding it, including earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, hurricanes, rapid climate change, collisions with asteroids or comets, pandemics, and financial crashes. Florin Diacu tells the harrowing true stories of people impacted by these terrible events, and of the scientists racing against time to predict when the next big disaster will strike. He describes the mathematical models that are so critical to understanding the laws of nature and foretelling potentially lethal phenomena, the history of modeling and its prospects for success in the future, and the enormous challenges to scientific prediction posed by the chaos phenomenon, which is the high instability that underlies many processes around us. Yielding new insights into the perils that can touch every one of us, Megadisasters shows how the science of predicting disasters holds the promise of a safer and brighter tomorrow.

The Coming Catastrophe Perilous Times Are Here

Author : Paul Lynch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781393940012
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Coming Catastrophe Perilous Times Are Here written by Paul Lynch and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus Christ spoke of the End-Time. Jesus spoke of the Tribulation and The Great Tribulation. The apostle Paul later wrote in 2 Timothy 3:1 "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come." The word "perilous" means difficulty, woe, hardships, trouble, and the like. Surely, the word "perilous" doesn't mean something nice or even lovely. The revelation given to the apostle Paul and the to the prophets about the End-Time can be clearly seen today in our time and age. This is nothing new since it was prophesied. Today, we are living in the prophetic age. We have seen natural disasters, plagues, pestilence, wars, and have heard rumors of wars. We have certainly experienced pain, sorrow, suffering, and grief on this old Earth. Jesus prophesied about the coming catastrophes long ago. Jesus prophesied throughout the Gospels that there will come a day when parents will betray children and children will betray parents to death. He also spoke of a time when men will kill those who preach and teach the Gospel and think they are doing God's service. Jesus also reminded us that many will come in His name saying they are Christ and deceive many. There will be false Christs also known as antichrists. Could all these prophecies be true? Could the end of the days be here already? Read this book and understand the things that will surely come to pass

Global Crisis

Author : Geoffrey Parker
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300189192
Total Pages : 944 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Global Crisis written by Geoffrey Parker and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 944 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed historian demonstrates a link between climate change and social unrest across the globe during the mid-17th century. Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides, government collapses—the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were unprecedented in both frequency and severity. The effects of what historians call the "General Crisis" extended from England to Japan and from the Russian Empire to sub-Saharan Africa and the Americas. In this meticulously researched volume, historian Geoffrey Parker presents the firsthand testimony of men and women who experienced the many political, economic, and social crises that occurred between 1618 to the late 1680s. He also incorporates the scientific evidence of climate change during this period into the narrative, offering a strikingly new understanding of the General Crisis. Changes in weather patterns, especially longer winters and cooler and wetter summers, disrupted growing seasons and destroyed harvests. This in turn brought hunger, malnutrition, and disease; and as material conditions worsened, wars, rebellions, and revolutions rocked the world.