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Writing with a signature command of his subject and with compelling resonance, Marc Reisner leads us through California’s improbable rise from a largely desert land to the most populated state in the nation, fueled by an economic engine more productive than all of Africa. Reisner believes that the success of this last great desert civilization hinges on California’s denial of its own inescapable fate: Both the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas sit astride two of the most violently seismic zones on the planet. The earthquakes that have already rocked California were, according to Reisner, a mere prologue to a future cataclysm that will result in immense destruction. Concluding with a hypothetical but chillingly realistic description of what such a disaste***ould look like, A Dangerous Place mixes science, history, and cultural commentary in a haunting work of profound importance.

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　　One in two people living west of the one hundredth meridian

resides in California. Crammed into the San Francisco Bay area and

the Los Angeles basin is a population greater than that of Texas.

Both of these drought-prone regi*** need to import water over

improbable distances, but reliance on imported water is not their

Achilles' heel; what is, is the fact that each area sits astride

one of the most violently active seismic zones in the world. A

Dangerous Place is both a compelling chronicle of the human

eruption of development and progress that have created "the great

exception" over the last 150 years, and a history of the natural

subterranean upheavals that threaten that human achievement. It

concludes with a chillingly realistic depiction of the impact an

earthquake would have on the Hayward fault, which runs from San

Francisco to San Jose ("sixty of the most populous, industrialized,

infrastructure-dependent, economically valuable miles in the United

States").

　　Here is subject and writer perfectly matched, in a narrative that

harnesses fact and a gloriously inventive intellect. A Dangerous

Place is a riveting parable of a civilization's rise and fall. And

it is, as well, the coda to the brilliant career of the late Marc

Reisner.

　　Synopsis:

　　From the author "Cadillac Desert"--the acclaimed saga of water

and the American West--comes a vision of the future that California

cannot escape.

　　Synopsis:

　　"If you are anxious about the safety of American cities, this

book may give you a nervous breakdown. Reisne***as an uncanny

visionary and his testament is this terrifying warning note. It is

not for the faint of heart."--Mike Davis ("City of Quartz" and

"Ecology of Fear").

　　Synopsis:

　　Writing with a signature command of his subject and with

compelling resonance, Marc Reisner leads us through California's

improbable rise from a largely desert land to the most populated

state in the nation, fueled by an economic engine more productive

than all of Africa. Reisner believes that the success of this last

great desert civilization hinges on California's denial of its own

inescapable fate: Both the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas

sit astride two of the most violently seismic zones on the planet.

The earthquakes that have already rocked California were, according

to Reisner, a mere prologue to a future cataclysm that will result

in immense destruction. Concluding with a hypothetical but

chillingly realistic de*ion of what such a disaste***ould look

like, A Dangerous Place mixes science, history, and cultural

commentary in a haunting work of profound importance.

　　From Booklist

　　California's vulnerability to earthquakes, although internalized

by its citizens as a dread of the Big One, seems to be virtually

ignored as developers continue to build in all directi***, even

atop faults and landslide-prone mountains. This narrative by the

late author combines a history of Los Angeles' and San Francisco's

growth with a lurid scenario of what the San Francisco Bay Area

will look like after the Pacific plate lurches northward a few

feet. Reisner ends the book imagining a collapsed Bay Bridge; a

destroyed Oakland and UC-Berkeley campus; a burning Richmond; and

serial destruction of BART, highways, aqueducts, and airports. It

is likely the author planned to write a like scenario for L.A.'s

day of doom, but even so, Reisner's work of warning effectively

reminds us of the vast infrastructure required to sustain these two

megalopolises. As befits the author of Cadillac Desert (1986),

Reisner highlights the vulnerability of water supplies, a point

that will attract environmentalists to this work, as well as anyone

who just likes a scary story.

　　Gilbert Taylor

　　Book Dimension

　　Height (mm) 191  Width (mm) 162

书籍介绍

Writing with a signature command of his subject and with compelling resonance, Marc Reisner leads us through California’s improbable rise from a largely desert land to the most populated state in the nation, fueled by an economic engine more productive than all of Africa. Reisner believes that the success of this last great desert civilization hinges on California’s denial of its own inescapable fate: Both the Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay areas sit astride two of the most violently seismic zones on the planet. The earthquakes that have already rocked California were, according to Reisner, a mere prologue to a future cataclysm that will result in immense destruction. Concluding with a hypothetical but chillingly realistic description of what such a disaste***ould look like, A Dangerous Place mixes science, history, and cultural commentary in a haunting work of profound importance.