Disasters :
Disasters : wasted lives, valuable lessons /
Randall Bell with Donald T. Phillips.
- Irving, Tex. : Tapestry Press, c2005.
- v, 138 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Chernobyl nuclear meltdown : Chernobyl, Ukraine, Soviet Union, April 26, 1986 -- The Love Canal : Niagara Falls, New York, August 7, 1978 -- Bombing of the Murrah Federal Building : Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 19, 1995 -- Nuclear weapons testing on Bikini and Enewetak Atolls : the Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean, July 1946-March 1958 -- Murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman : 875 South Bundy Drive, West Los Angeles, California, June 12, 1994 -- Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption : Cascade Mountain Range, Washington State, U.S.A., May 18, 1980 -- Auschwitz concentration camp : oswiecim, poland, june 1940-january 1945 -- Good Friday earthquake : Alaska, U.S.A., March 27, 1964 -- Monsanto chemical pollution : corporate malfeasance, Anniston, Alabama, 1935-2003 -- Terrorist attacks : World Trade Center, New York City, New York, Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001 -- Conclusions.
"Documents the details and the aftermath in financial and human terms of ten of the world's most tragic events"--Provided by publisher.
1930819439 (trade paper : alk. paper)
2005005829
Disasters--Case studies.
Disasters--Economic aspects.
Real property--Valuation.
Emergency management.
HV553 / .B46 2005
363.34/Bel
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Chernobyl nuclear meltdown : Chernobyl, Ukraine, Soviet Union, April 26, 1986 -- The Love Canal : Niagara Falls, New York, August 7, 1978 -- Bombing of the Murrah Federal Building : Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 19, 1995 -- Nuclear weapons testing on Bikini and Enewetak Atolls : the Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean, July 1946-March 1958 -- Murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman : 875 South Bundy Drive, West Los Angeles, California, June 12, 1994 -- Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption : Cascade Mountain Range, Washington State, U.S.A., May 18, 1980 -- Auschwitz concentration camp : oswiecim, poland, june 1940-january 1945 -- Good Friday earthquake : Alaska, U.S.A., March 27, 1964 -- Monsanto chemical pollution : corporate malfeasance, Anniston, Alabama, 1935-2003 -- Terrorist attacks : World Trade Center, New York City, New York, Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001 -- Conclusions.
"Documents the details and the aftermath in financial and human terms of ten of the world's most tragic events"--Provided by publisher.
1930819439 (trade paper : alk. paper)
2005005829
Disasters--Case studies.
Disasters--Economic aspects.
Real property--Valuation.
Emergency management.
HV553 / .B46 2005
363.34/Bel