No Thing Like a Natural Disaster – Neil Smith

No Thing Like a Natural Disaster
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No Thing Like a Natural Disaster
Neil Smith’s “There’s No Such Thing as a Natural Disaster” shows that environmental geographers believe that there are natural events, but no natural disasters. In all the phases of a disaster, including causes, results, preparedness, reconstruction, and response, determining who dies and who lives is a social calculus (Smith, 2006). Natural processes, such as droughts, earthquakes, hurricanes, blizzards, and ts...