The Upside of Down
Subtitle: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization
Publisher: Island Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: S.l.
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781597260657
Description: Argues that the modern world has become increasingly vulnerable to breakdown from terrorist attacks, environmental disasters, energy scarcity, or the widening gap between the rich and the poor, and explores what recent disasters have taught the world about reinvigorating the economic, political, and social systems that sustain them.