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- Title
A Physical Science Perspective on Disaster: Through the Prism of Global Warming.
- Authors
Oppenheimer, Michael
- Abstract
This article discusses global warming as a disaster management issue. The measurement of natural disasters in terms of duration and severity is framed in terms of the social aspects of emergency management and preparedness. The lack of relationship between scientific metrics determining the magnitude of disasters and the public perception of the disastrous is explored. While the melting of ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland will meet the scientific definition of a disaster, they author believes that public perception may be muted by the slow onset of this change. Events that scientists think of as normal, such as wildfires, are perceived by the public as a disaster.
- Subjects
NATURAL disasters &; society; GLOBAL warming -- Social aspects; ICE sheets -- Environmental aspects; SEA level &; the environment; MORTALITY -- Social aspects; EMERGENCY management
- Publication
Social Research, 2008, Vol 75, Issue 3, p65
- ISSN
0037-783X
- Publication type
Article