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200 10$aCartographies of Danger$b[electronic resource] $eMapping Hazards in America
210   $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2008
215   $a1 online resource (380 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-226-53418-9 
327   $aCartographies 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
330   $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 comparatively lax a
606   $aMaps
606   $aNatural disasters
606   $aNatural disasters
608   $aElectronic books.
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615  4$aNatural disasters.
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