Engagingly written with 34 graphs and 15 tables showing climate changes and the history of hazards in the Philippines
With the current threat of global warming, this is something that will affect other countries in the future
This study will be of interest not only to scholars of Environmental Studies and Asian Studies but also relief workers in the area
'Often intriguing , the book provides a fascinating historical account of the intertwining of society and a hazardous environment in the Philippines.' - Department of Geography, National University of Singapore
'Cultures of Disaster addresses important issues about human - environmental interaction in the Philippines. The author should be commended for their achievement in advancing knowledge on this vital, if still under researched subject.' - Department of Geography, Kings Collage, London
Greg Bankoff is Senior Lecturer in Southeast Asian History at the University of Auckland. His previous books include Crime Society and the State in Nineteenth-Century Philippines (Hawaii University Press: 1996).