ISSN:
1467-8330
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Geography
Notes:
This article weighs recent scientific evidence that the urbanization of Southern California has taken place during one of the most unusual episodes of climatic and seismic benignity in the last 3500 years. Official disaster and resource planning, moreover, has been based on record-keeping shorter than the temporal wavelengths of the most important landscape processes. Indeed, the “biblical” flood, fire, and earthquake disasters of the last three years may only be a prelude to seismic and climatic events of far greater magnitude. What will be the future of the Los Angeles area if Congress refuses to continue federal disaster subsidies?
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8330.1995.tb00276.x