Going Forward by Looking Back

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anthropocene
archaeology
catastrophes
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Climate change
climate disasters
culutral adaptation
devastation
disaster gap
disaster history
disaster response
environmental hazards
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Germany
hazardous locations
human responses
inequality
neolithic
nuclear power
paleolithic
Peru
post-disaster
Pre-Hispanic Andes
resilience model
risk education
risk reduction
SDG 11
sdg_11
societal change
societal collapse
volcanic eruptions
vulnerability

Product details

  • ISBN 9781800739284
  • Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
  • Publication Date: 10 Mar 2023
  • Publisher: Berghahn Books
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Catastrophes are on the rise due to climate change, as is their toll in terms of lives and livelihoods as world populations rise and people settle into hazardous places. While disaster response and management are traditionally seen as the domain of the natural and technical sciences, awareness of the importance and role of cultural adaptation is essential. This book catalogues a wide and diverse range of case studies of such disasters and human responses. This serves as inspiration for building culturally sensitive adaptations to present and future calamities, to mitigate their impact, and facilitate recoveries.

Felix Riede is Professor of Archaeology at Aarhus University in Denmark. He heads the Laboratory for Past Disaster Science, and his research focuses on the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of Europe.