Orlowski BM (2021)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Authored book, Monography
Publication year: 2021
Publisher: Transcript
Series: Social and Cultural Geography
Edition: 250
ISBN: 978-3-8376-5512-4
People experience disasters very differently. Conflicts about a »correct« interpretation of the risks might arise. The side-by-side of different truths lead to people seeing mismanagement and disinformation. The volcanic crisis of El Hierro shows how rivalling interpretations amongst affected islanders, the media, sciences, and disaster response institutions cause great social tensions and scepticism towards scientific information. Thus, to fully understand disaster risk, the focus must shift to the rifts between established convictions and the individuals' creativity to overcome them, taking into account their embeddedness in various fields of practice, each with their own rationales and ruptures.
APA:
Orlowski, B.M. (2021). Rivalling Disaster Experiences. The Case of the Seismo-Volcanic Crisis of El Hierro, Canary Islands. Transcript.
MLA:
Orlowski, Benedikt Marko. Rivalling Disaster Experiences. The Case of the Seismo-Volcanic Crisis of El Hierro, Canary Islands. Transcript, 2021.
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