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Author Gunn, Angus M. (Angus Macleod), 1920-

Title Unnatural disasters : case studies of human-induced environmental catastrophes / Angus M. Gunn
Published Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 143 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Engineering case studies online (text)
Contents Coal mining tragedies -- Turtle Mountain, Canada, 1903 -- Aberfan, Wales, 1966 -- Buffalo Creek, West Virginia, 1972 -- Dam failures -- Santa Clara River, California, 1928 -- Teton River, Idaho, 1976 -- Vaiont River Valley, Italy, 1963 -- Government actions -- Hiroshima, Japan, 1945 -- Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1946 -- Ukraine, Soviet Union, 1932 -- Morris County, New Jersey, 1926 -- Halifax, Canada, 1917 -- Industrial explosions -- Oppau, Germany, 1921 -- Texas City, Texas, 1947 -- Cleveland, Ohio, 1944 -- Mexico City, Mexico, 1984 -- Flixborough, England, 1974 -- Nuclear energy accidents -- Three Mile Island, Pennsylvania, 1979 -- Chernobyl, Soviet Union, 1986 -- Tokai, Japan, 1999 -- Oil spills -- Coastal Brittany, France, 1978 -- Prince William Sound, Alaska, 1989 -- Black Island Sound, Rhode Island, 1996 -- Terrorist Acts -- Eastern United States, 2001 -- Kuwait and the Persian Gulf, 1991 -- Washington, D.C., 2001 -- New York City, 1993 -- New York City, 2001 -- Toxicity -- Industrial -- Bhopal, India, 1984 -- Seveso, Italy, 1976 -- Minamata, Japan, 1956 -- Basel, Switzerland, 1986 -- Toxicity -- residential -- Love Canal, New York, 1978 -- Iraq, 1971 -- London, England, 1952
Summary This reference resource describes both the scientific background & the economic & social issues that resulted from environmental disasters where human activity was the main cause
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Case studies
Disasters -- Case studies
Environmental disasters -- Case studies
Environmental disasters
Disasters
Nature -- Effect of human beings on
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Genre/Form Case studies
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