02515nam 22005413u 450 991045079150332120210114070329.09786611430467(CKB)1000000000412998(EBL)408203(OCoLC)476227934(SSID)ssj0000290995(PQKBManifestationID)12071508(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000290995(PQKBWorkID)10248464(PQKB)10781158(MiAaPQ)EBC408203(EXLCZ)99100000000041299820140915d2008|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrCartographies of Danger[electronic resource] Mapping Hazards in AmericaChicago University of Chicago Press20081 online resource (380 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-53418-9 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; IndexNo 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 aMapsNatural disastersNatural disastersElectronic books.Maps.Natural disasters.Natural disasters.363.34/022/3526.097Monmonier Mark276408AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910450791503321Cartographies of danger728976UNINA