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Cartographies of danger [electronic resource] : mapping hazards in America / Mark Monmonier.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Chicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1997.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 363 p.) : ill., mapsISBN:
  • 0226534294 (electronic bk.)
  • 9780226534299 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Cartographies of danger.DDC classification:
  • 363.34/022/3 20
LOC classification:
  • GB5014 .M66 1997eb
Online resources: Summary: No place is perfectly safe, but some places are more dangerous than others. Whether we live on a floodplain or in "Tornado Alley," near a nuclear facility or in a neighborhood poorly lit at night, we all co-exist uneasily with natural and man-made hazards. As Mark Monmonier shows in this entertaining and immensely informative book, maps can tell us a lot about where we can anticipate certain hazards, but they can also be dangerously misleading. California, for example, takes earthquakes seriously, with a comprehensive program of seismic mapping, whereas Washington has been comparativ.
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ელ.რესურსი ელ.რესურსი ეროვნული სამეცნიერო ბიბლიოთეკა 1 36(73)(084.3) (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-349 p.) and index.

No place is perfectly safe, but some places are more dangerous than others. Whether we live on a floodplain or in "Tornado Alley," near a nuclear facility or in a neighborhood poorly lit at night, we all co-exist uneasily with natural and man-made hazards. As Mark Monmonier shows in this entertaining and immensely informative book, maps can tell us a lot about where we can anticipate certain hazards, but they can also be dangerously misleading. California, for example, takes earthquakes seriously, with a comprehensive program of seismic mapping, whereas Washington has been comparativ.

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