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Book Review: The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization by Thomas Homer-Dixon. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 2006

by Ray Bert, Contributing Editor; Civil Engineering Magazine, ASCE World Headquarters, 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Reston, VA.,


Serial Information: Civil Engineering—ASCE, 2007, Vol. 77, Issue 6, Pg. 68-68


Document Type: Book Review - Magazine

Subject Headings: Reviews | Islands | Disasters and hazards | Washington | United States

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