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Cartographies of danger
mapping hazards in America
By Monmonier, Mark S.
- ISBN
- 978-0-22653-418-3
- Publisher
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 1997
Maps are used not only to navigate and to display quantitative data but also to reflect our perceptions of the world. Geographer Monmonier (How To Lie with Maps, Univ. of Chicago, 1996) here investigates the mapping of environmental hazards and how it relates to risk perception, believing that such "an examination...offers valuable insights about scientific knowledge, p...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
