Desastres

A fascinating story about natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the next ones to come. Earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, hurricanes, volcanoes come from the same forces that give life to our planet. Earthquakes give us natural springs; volcanoes produce fertile soils. Only when these forces exceed our ability to resist them do they turn into disasters. Together they have shaped our cities and their architecture; leaders have been raised and governments overthrown; They have influenced the way we think, feel, fight, unite, or pray. The history of natural disasters is our own history. Jones offers an invigorating look at some of the world's greatest natural disasters, the reverberations of which we continue to feel today - from the volcanic eruption at Pompeii in the 1st century AD. C., until the California floods of 1862, the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, or the American hurricanes of 2017. With population growth in dangerous regions and rising temperatures around the world, the impacts of disasters natural are greater than ever. Natural hazards are inevitable, but human catastrophes are not.