Ecology of fear

Los Angeles and the imagination of disaster

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484 pages

English language

Published March 9, 1999 by Picador.

ISBN:
978-0-330-37219-0
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OCLC Number:
42969167

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Los Angeles has become a magnet for the American apocalyptic imagination, with many disasters - both real and those created by Hollywood movies - in recent years. This book examines the history of disaster - both real and imagined - in LA.

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Subjects

  • Stadtforschung
  • Literatur
  • Environment
  • Social problems
  • Social Conditions
  • Katastrophe
  • Überschwemmungsgefahr
  • History
  • Risikomanagement
  • Verstädterung
  • Ecology
  • Stadtplanung
  • Milieurampen
  • Flächenbrand
  • Feuerökologie
  • Environmental conditions
  • Erdbebengefahr
  • Los Angeles
  • Slum
  • Social conditions
  • Social Problems
  • Disasters

Places

  • Los Angeles (Calif.)
  • California
  • Los Angeles
  • USA
  • Los Angeles (Calif., Motiv)
  • Cities