TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bruneau,Michel
TI  - The blessings of disaster: the lessons that catastrophes teach us and why our future depends on it 
SN  - 9781633888234
PY  - 2022///]
CY  - Essex, Connecticut
PB  - Prometheus Books
KW  - Emergency management
KW  - Disasters
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Preparedness
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Which little pig are you? -- Earthquakes happen because -- Earthquakes to tsunamis -- The water magnet -- Flood -- Tornado alley -- Sitting on a volcano -- Technological disasters -- Terrorist attacks -- Annoying doomsday scenarios -- Interlude -- The wonderful ability to forget -- Airport proctologists -- Statistical Hocus Pocus -- Life's casino -- Black swans -- The brain -- The mirrors we elect -- Earthquake damage happens because -- Fatalism -- a really short chapter -- Gloomy predictions -- The silent heroes -- Truth and lies about resilience -- Dollars are frequent flyer miles -- We're all cooked -- Elbow room -- Nuclear holocaust -- Act V
N2  - "The Blessings of Disaster draws on knowledge from multiple disciplines to illustrate how our civilization's future successes and failures in dealing with societal threats-be they pandemics, climate change, overpopulation, monetary collapse, and nuclear holocaust-can be predicted by observing how we currently cope with and react to natural and technological disasters"--
ER  -