A major power failure hit large parts of
North America on Thursday 14th August 2003. We have the following
commentaries, some of which appeared first as postings to the Natural Hazards and
Disasters listserv (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/)
or direct emailings:
Tapping Into Tap Water: The Responsibility of Smallness.
By Ilan Kelman 15 December 2003. Download
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Hurricanes and Electrocution by Ilan Kelman, Roger C. Huder, and Steve Palmer
19 December 2003. Download
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Ilan Kelman
"Good Capitalists Stop Disasters" 2 September 2003
Julian Borger "Private passion: Washington's fondness for privatisation and deregulation is creating dangerous problems at home and abroad" The GuardianWednesday August 20 2003
John
Lunn "The effects of the national
competition policy and other reforms on the emergency management
arrangements of Australia" first published December 1998. Emergency
Care Journal 5 No4 pp. 30-33
Ilan Kelman.
Posting to Natural hazards-Disasters Listserv, 15 August 2003
Philip Buckle.
Posting to the Natural Hazards-Disasters Listserv, 16 August 2003
Ben Wisner: Megawatts
and Mega-Mergers -- Neoliberalism, the State, and Life-line Infrastructure