Catastrophes : views from natural and human sciences /: views from natural and human sciences. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Andreas Hoppe, editor.
• Editors: Hoppe, Andreas
• Contents: Contributors; About the Authors; Chapter-1; Twist to Evil-An Introduction to Different Views on Catastrophes; References; Chapter-2; The Great East Japan Earthquake in the Context of Historical Catastrophes in Japan; 2.1 Preference; 2.2 Catastrophes in Japan up to the Last Century; 2.2.1 Great Natural Disasters in Japan (Disaster Prevention Research Institute Kyoto University 2011); 2.2.1.1 Volcanic Eruptions; 2.2.1.2 Earthquakes and Tsunamis; 2.2.1.3 Typhoons; 2.2.2 The Second World War as a Human-Generated Catastrophe; 2.3 The Great East Japan Earthquake. 2.3.1 Disaster in the 'Sanriku' Coastal Area (Yoshimura 2004)2.3.2 Disaster Resulting from an Earthquake; 2.3.2.1 Damages Caused by an Earthquake and Tsunami; 2.3.2.2 Accident at a Nuclear Reactor as a Secondary Disaster (Takada 2011 Fuchigami et al. 2012); 2.4 Disasters and the Japanese Mentality; 2.4.1 Disasters and the Popular Mind (The Association to Compile Modern and Current History 2012 Aida 1972); 2.4.2 Recovery from a Catastrophe (Kitahara 2006 Kitahara et al. 2012 Yasuda 2013); 2.4.3 Wisdom Derived from Disasters to Reduce the Impact of Natural Disaster (Okubo 2012). 2.4.4 Future Outlook Following the Great East Japan Earthquake2.4.4.1 Recovery After the Great East Japan Earthquake (The Situation as of March 2014) (Shioya 2013); 2.4.4.2 The Future of Fukushima; References; Chapter-3; No "German-Jewish Dialogue"? On Gershom Scholem's Concept of Jewish Totality as the Cornerstone for Cultural Resilience; 3.1 Introduction: "Remember!"; 3.2 Gershom Scholem and the Question of Jewish (Intellectual) Substance; 3.3 Overcoming Gershom Scholem; Chapter-4; Jewish Life in Camps after 1945. Displaced Persons Camps in the US Zone of Germany. 4.1 Phenomenon Displaced Persons4.2 Jewish Displaced Persons in the US Zone of Germany; 4.3 Local Spatial Characteristics of Jewish DP Camps; 4.4 Zeilsheim; 4.5 Lampertheim; 4.6 Babenhausen; 4.7 Dieburg; 4.8 Jewish DPs in the Perception of Rural Population; 4.9 Commemorative Culture; Chapter-5; The Nakba-Flight and Expulsion of the Palestinians in 1948; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Early History; 5.3 Modern History; 5.4 1948; 5.5 Nakba in Israel; 5.6 The Refugees; 5.7 Nakba in Germany; 5.8 Summary; Chapter-6; From Dinosaurs and Humans-Geology and Catastrophes. 6.1 First Example: The Great Earthquake in Lisbon and the Age of Enlightenment6.2 Geology in Time and Space; 6.3 Geology Tools; 6.4 Geology and Cataclysms; 6.5 Second Example: A Volcanic Eruption and Manifold Consequences-The Tambora Eruption 1815; 6.6 Geology and Modern Society; References; Chapter-7; Dangerous Water in the Land of the Economic Miracle-Hamburg's Flood Disaster in February 1962; 7.1 A Terrible Experience; 7.2 Religious Interpretations and Cultural Criticism; 7.3 West German Nation-Building; 7.4 Memories of War and the Militarization of Disaster; 7.5 A Technocratic Momentum.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer Science + Business Media
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.34; History; Natural disasters -- Research; Natural disasters -- History; Natural disasters -- Study and teaching; Disasters -- Research; Disasters -- History; Disasters -- Study and teaching; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief; Disasters; Disasters -- Research; Disasters -- Study and teaching; Natural disasters; Natural disasters -- Research; Natural disasters -- Study and teaching; Science -- Earth Sciences -- Geology; Political Science -- International Relations -- General; Medical -- General; Business & Economics -- Economics -- General; Historical geology; International relations; Medicine: general issues; Environmental economics; Geology; International relations; Medicine; Environmental economics; Science -- History; History of science; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319208466; 3319208462
• Related ISBNs: 9783319208459; 3319208454
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