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100 1 _aMonmonier, Mark S.
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245 1 0 _aCartographies of danger
_h[electronic resource] :
_bmapping hazards in America /
_cMark Monmonier.
260 _aChicago, Ill. :
_bUniversity of Chicago Press,
_c1997.
300 _a1 online resource (xiv, 363 p.) :
_bill., maps.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 297-349 p.) and index.
520 _aNo 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.
650 0 _aNatural disasters
_vMaps.
_921188
650 0 _aHazardous geographic environments
_vMaps.
_921189
650 4 _aElectronic books.
650 7 _aNATURE
_xNatural Disasters.
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650 7 _aSOCIAL SCIENCE
_xDisasters & Disaster Relief.
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650 7 _aElectronic books.
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653 _aსახიფათო გეოგრაფიული პირობები
_aსტიქიური უბედურებები
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aMonmonier, Mark S.
_tCartographies of danger.
_dChicago, Ill. : University of Chicago Press, 1997
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