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The volume frames catastrophes through case studies ranging from the Great East Japan Earthquake and hazardous flooding in Hamburg to geological lessons from dinosaurs and humans. It also addresses cultural resilience after the Holocaust, post-1945 displacement camps, and the 1948 Nakba, while connecting disaster impacts to insurance and medical “catastrophes” in healthcare.","Catastrophes  \nAndreas Hoppe  \n(ed.)  \nCatastrophes  \nViews from Natural and Human Sciences  \nEditor  \nAndreas Hoppe Department of Geology Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg  \nGermany  \nISBN 978-3-319-20845-9 ISBN 978-3-319-20846-6 (ebook)  \nDOI 10. 1007/978-3-319-20846-6  \nLibrary of Congress Control Number: 2015953233  \nSpringer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016  \nThis work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed.  \nThe use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.  \nThe publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made.  \nCover: Detail of “The Last Day of Pompeji” by Karl Pavloviv Briullov 1833 Printed on acid-free paper  \nSpringer International Publishing AG Switzerland is part of Springer Science+Business Media ([www.springer.com](www.springer.com))  \nContents  \n1 Twist to Evil—An Introduction to Different Viewson Catastrophes ....................................... 1  \nAndreas Hoppe  \n2 The Great East Japan Earthquake in the Context of Historical Catastrophes in Japan .................................. 15  \nToshihide Ito, Yoshitsugu Itoh  \n3 No “German-Jewish Dialogue”? On Gershom Scholem’s Concept of Jewish Totality as the Cornerstone for Cultural Resilience ............................................ 51  \nHanna Liss  \n4 Jewish Life in Camps after 1945. Displaced Persons Camps in the US Zone of Germany ............................. 63  \nHolger Köhn  \n5 The Nakba—Flight and Expulsion of the Palestiniansin 1948 .............................................. 81  \nGhaleb Natour  \n6 From Dinosaurs and Humans—Geology and Catastrophes .... 105  \nAndreas Hoppe  \n7 Dangerous Water in the Land of the Economic Miracle—Hamburg’s Flood Disaster in February 1962 ................ 123  \nJens Ivo Engels  \n8 Medicine—and its Catastrophes .......................... 135  \nWalter Merkle  \n9 Natural Disasters as a Business Case—Risks and Opportunities from the Insurance Viewpoint ........................... 145  \nGerhard Berz  \nContributors  \nGerhard Berz Gräfelfing, Germany  \nJens Ivo Engels Department of History, Technische Universität, Darmstadt, Germany  \nAndreas Hoppe Department of Geology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg, Germany  \nToshihide Ito Informatics, Kansai University, Takatsuki, Japan Yoshitsugu Itoh Magazine of “International Pharmaceutical Intelligence”, Kokusai Shogyo Publ. 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