1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450791503321

Autore

Monmonier Mark

Titolo

Cartographies of Danger [[electronic resource] ] : Mapping Hazards in America

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2008

ISBN

9786611430467

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (380 p.)

Disciplina

363.34/022/3

526.097

Soggetti

Maps

Natural disasters

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cartographies of Danger; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Map Scale , Danger Zones, and Safe Places; 2 Shaky Preparations; 3 Lavas and Other Strangers; 4 Uncertain Shores; 5 Death Tracks; 6 Floodplains, by Definition, ...; 7 Subterranean Poisons; 8 Ill Winds; 9 Short-Lived Daughters and ELF Fields; 10 Nuclear Nightmares; 11 Imagining Vulnerability; 12 Crimescapes; 13 John Snow's Legacy; 14 Emerging Cartographies of Danger; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 comparatively lax a



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778335303321

Titolo

Personality and social behavior / / edited by Frederick Rhodewalt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Psychology Press, , 2008

ISBN

1-136-87514-X

1-138-00998-9

1-136-87515-8

1-283-04306-8

9786613043061

0-203-83808-4

1-4356-3181-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Collana

Frontiers of social psychology

Classificazione

77.52

Altri autori (Persone)

RhodewaltFrederick Thomas

Disciplina

155.2

Soggetti

Personality

Social psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Personality and social behavior : an overview / Frederick Rhodewalt -- Beyond person and situation effects : intraindividual personality architecture and its implications for the study of personality and social behavior / Daniel Cervone, Tracy L. Caldwell, and Heather Orom -- The self and social behavior : the fragile self and interpersonal self-regulation  / Frederick Rhodewalt and Benjamin Peterson -- Contextual variability in personality : the case of the relational self and the process of transference / Susan M. Andersen, S. Adil Saribay, and Christina S. Kooij -- Ties that bind : linking personality to interpersonal behavior through the study of adult attachment style and relationship satisfaction / W. Steven Rholes, Ramona L. Paetzold, and Mike Friedman -- Different toolkits for different mind-readers : a social-cognitive neuroscience perspective on personality and social relationships / Geraldine Downey, Jamil Zaki, and Jason Mitchell -- Personality, individuality and social identity / Michael Hogg -- Leadership as dynamic social process / Martin M. Chemers -- Personality and prejudice in interracial interactions / Patricia G. Devine, Frederick



Rhodewalt, and Matthew Siemionko -- Social psychological processes linking personality to physical health : a multilevel analysis with emphasis on hostility and optimism / Bert N. Uchino, Allison A. Vaughn, and Sonia Matwin.

Sommario/riassunto

The study of the relationship between the person and the situation has had a long history in psychology. Many theories of personality are set on an interpersonal stage and many social phenomena are played out differently as the cast of characters change. At times the study of persons and situations has been contentious, however, recent interest in process models of personality and social interaction have focused on the ways people navigate, influence, and are influenced by their social worlds.Personality and Social Behavior contains a series of essays on topics where a trans