Disasters in Paradise: Natural Hazards, Social Vulnerability, and Development Decisions
Abstract
Disasters in Paradise: Natural Hazards, Social Vulnerability, and Development Decisions is a collection of essays by several authors, including the editors, Amanda Concha-Holmes and Anthony Oliver-Smith. Concha-Holmes is a Courtesy Professor of anthropology at the University of Florida, and she specializes in ecological and visual anthropology. She has written about environmental issues, the Caribbean and Latin America. Oliver-Smith is a Professor Emeritus of anthropology at the University of Florida. His research spans involuntary resettlement, disasters and vulnerability in the Caribbean, Latin America, and United States. He has written over 70 journal articles and co-authored seven books.