Environmental Policy

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Chapter One Unearthing the risk in Cascadia From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter examines officials’ attempts to downplay or dismiss the risk of earthquakes since the discovery of the North American Pacific West Coast. Pieces together the events of the …	Gregor Craigie	20	2021	$2.00 Add
From Chapter Seven Shaking down the Mississippi From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	Earthquake readiness in the Mississippi River Valley and the New Madrid Seismic Zone is examined, as well as how this risk is persistently overshadowed by more pressing natural disaster concerns.	Gregor Craigie	11	2021	$1.10 Add
From Chapter Six The big one coming to the bee hive state From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter explores Salt Lake City, which, while not an obvious location, presents with a substantial earthquake risk and needs to prepare its infrastructure for such an event.	Gregor Craigie	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From Chapter Ten Charleston and other East Coast questions From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	The earthquake threat in Charleston, North Carolina, is discussed. The issue of disaster fatigue is explained as earthquake preparedness remains on the back burner for the city of Charleston.	Gregor Craigie	11	2021	$1.10 Add
From Chapter Thirteen Countering complacency From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter summarizes the measures that need to be taken to protect communities from earthquakes and tsunamis. Discusses what has actually been accomplished and how much further they ought to go.	Gregor Craigie	21	2021	$2.10 Add
From Chapter Three The Pacific's deadly echo From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	Looks at the inextricable connection between earthquakes and tsunamis. Studies the devestation of historical tsunamis and the challenge to low-lying communities.	Gregor Craigie	19	2021	$1.90 Add
From Chapter Twelve The unfathomed Atlantic From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	A look at earthquakes and tsunamis on North America’s Atlantic coast. Details the earthquake, tsunami, and destruction that occurred in 1929. Assesses the risk and preparedness of Atlantic …	Gregor Craigie	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From Chapter Two Responding to the risk From: On Borrowed Time View Goose Lane Editions	Details the evolution of seismographic and earthquake preparedness testing, as well as the work that has been done in various municipalities.	Gregor Craigie	16	2021	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Choosing the Best Policy Tools From: The Sea Is Rising and So Are We View Between The Lines	In Chapter 6 Kaufman discusses the main policy tools that are currently working to help people introduce and implement climate action and policy. The chapter discusses regulations, elections, …	Cynthia Kaufman	17	2021	$1.70 Add
From Civil Society Leadership From: A Good War View ECW Press	In Chapter 10, Klein shifts his focus from the political sphere to that of role of civil society primarily through social movements to bring change and mobilize the masses. Focusing on issues of …	Seth Klein	16	2020	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Class Power and Legal Coercion Refinery Workers Confront the Limits of the “Right to Strike” From: Unjust Transition View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter Four describes how the 2019-2020 lockout was marked by the employer’s use of scab labor and court injunctions to restrict workers’ ability to picket, as well as the impact on …	Andrew Steven; Emily Eaton; Sean Tucker	20	2024	$2.00 Add
From Climate Change From: Back to the Well View Goose Lane Editions	In this chapter, de Villiers explores the impacts of climate change on our global water supply, including who will be most affected and to what degree.	Marq de Villiers	15	2018	$1.50 Add
From Climate change will not be that bad, and we can adapt From: Between Doom and Denial View Sutherland House	In this chapter, Leach examines the debate between adaptation and mitigation as responses to climate change.	Andrew Leach	6	2023	$0.60 Add
From NEW! Climate Hyprocrites Unite! From: We're all Climate Hypocrites Now View New Society Publishers	In this chapter Grover ties together the themes of the book, and suggests how climate activists can best accomplish their goals.	Sami Grover	12	2021	$1.20 Add
From NEW! Climate Justice PART 1: Essential Groundwork From: Worlds at Stake View Fernwood Publishing	Chapter 3 focuses on the concept of climate justice.	Aaron Saad	19	2022	$1.90 Add
From Colonialism: The Acceleration From: The Memory We Could Be View New Society Publishers	Colonialism was, and remains, a wholesale destruction of memory. Lands, the sources of identity, stolen. Languages, ripped from mouths. The collective loss to humanity was incalculable, as …	Daniel Macmillen Voskoboynik	36	2018	$3.60 Add