000			01059cam a2200181 4500
020			_a1855219603 (hbk.): _c39.50 UK
100		1	_aGOTTSTEIN Klaus
245		0	_aCatastrophes and conflicts: _bscientific approaches to their control
260			_aAldershot, UK: _bAshgate, _c1999
300			_a266p.
520		3	_aSuggests that the world scientific community could make a significant contribution to resolving environmental and technical catastrophes, economic disasters, wars and ethnic conflicts. Presents the reasons why neighbouring groups of peoples have traditionally begun to fight each other. Demonstrates that mutual lack of trust based on inherited enemy images is the root casue of many conflicts, and proposes confidence building measures in which the 'enemies' work together on joint projects particularly where both sides are threatened by the same danger.
650			_aCONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES
650			_aCONFLICT RESOLUTION
650			_aDISASTERS
650			_aINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
650			_aSCIENCE
945			_i0010386 _rN _sY
999			_c45706 _d45706