Natural disasters and risk communication implications of the Cascadia subduction zone megaquake [edited by] C. Vail Fletcher, Jennette Lovejoy.
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TextSeries: Environmental Communication and Nature: Conflict and Ecoculture in the AnthropocenePublisher: Lanham, Maryland Lexington Books, [2018]Description: 1 online resource (xi, 266 pages)ISBN: 9781498556125; 1498556124Subject(s): Cascadia Subduction Zone | North America -- Cascadia Subduction Zone | Pacific Northwest | Cascade Mountains | Natural disaster warning systems -- Northwest, Pacific | Natural disasters -- Risk management -- Northwest, Pacific | Earthquakes -- Cascadia Subduction Zone | Emergency communication systems | Natural disasters -- Social aspects | Emergency management | Preparedness | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure | SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General | Earthquakes | Emergency communication systems | Emergency management | Natural disaster warning systems | Natural disasters -- Social aspects | Preparedness | Natural Disasters | Earthquakes | Risk CommunicationGenre/Form: EBSCO eBooks | Electronic books. DDC classification: 363.34/72 LOC classification: GB5030Online resources: EBSCOhost Summary: Asks and addresses how we communicate about natural disasters and what effect our communication has on natural disaster education, understanding, assessment of risk, preparation, and recovery. The chapters of this book present expertise, analyses, and perspectives that are designed to help us better comprehend and deal with the natural risks such as the Cascadia Subduction Zone. It seeks to move past primal, fear-induced physiological and emotional responses to crises with the understanding that if we accept that the disaster will occur, expect it, and learn how we can prepare, we can calm the collective panicked beats of our hearts as we wait for its first tremors.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Asks and addresses how we communicate about natural disasters and what effect our communication has on natural disaster education, understanding, assessment of risk, preparation, and recovery. The chapters of this book present expertise, analyses, and perspectives that are designed to help us better comprehend and deal with the natural risks such as the Cascadia Subduction Zone. It seeks to move past primal, fear-induced physiological and emotional responses to crises with the understanding that if we accept that the disaster will occur, expect it, and learn how we can prepare, we can calm the collective panicked beats of our hearts as we wait for its first tremors.
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