Why are audiences so fascinated with mass destruction on the big screen? While we never want to experience world-ending threats, city-wide destruction, and natural catastrophes in reality, that ...

The ancient Mayans predicted that a world cataclysm would occur on the winter solstice in 2012, and so have enough conspiracy theorists to spur a swelling industry of doomsday books and TV shows. In ...

Suggested Citation: "1 The Nation's Agenda for Disaster Resilience." National Research Council. 2012. Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: ...