What Industrial Disaster Is All About
What exactly is an “industrial disaster,” the term now being used by some in referring to the blast that occurred in Glorietta mall in Makati last Friday?
In “The Long Road To Recovery: Community Responses To Industrial Disaster,” a book written by James Mitchell and published by the United Nations University, an industrial disaster happens when hazards—defined as “threats to people and life support system caused by mass production of goods and services”—exceed human coping capabilities and the environment’s absorptive capacities.
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Photo: Chernobyl Plant, site of one of the most destructive industrial disasters in the word (Source: Flickr)
