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Survival stories meet real-world environmental activism
This book could be a good read for you if you are fascinated by true stories of resilience, activism, and the battle against natural disasters. Through the lens of the 2004 Asian Tsunami and its aftermath, "Tsunami Alert" will take you on a journey where scientists, students, and ordinary citizens come together to save the at-risk city of Padang. As you follow their grassroots activism, you will gain insight into the challenges faced by cities worldwide as they confront their own environmental threats. This thought-provoking account will leave you contemplating the fragile balance between human settlements and the forces of nature.
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Tsunami Alert - Beating Asia's Next Big One
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ISBN: 9789814302203
Authors:
Oakley Brooks
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Editions
Date of Publication: 2011-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Topics:
Environmental Science,
Asia,
Environment,
Natural History,
Sociology,
Society,
Government
Goodreads rating: 4.0
(rated by 2 readers)
Description
After the 2004 Asian Tsunami wiped out whole communities on the Indian Ocean, Indonesia s West Sumatra province learnt a startling reality they were next. A loosely allied bunch of scientists, students and ordinary citizens struggle to make sense of this suddenly precarious location, centering on the area capital of Padang and hurrying together a plan to save it before it s too late. But the limits of their grassroots activism in a crowded, striving, ill-planned city has critical implications for some of Asia s other cities facing their own geological and climate time bombs. Smaller, more nimble places may be able to thrive in the coming century of environmental reckoning.
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