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Gilbert F. White Quotes

Floods are 'acts of God,' but flood losses are largely acts of man.

Floods are 'acts of God,' but flood losses are largely acts of man.

Gilbert F. White (1986). “Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White”, p.12, University of Chicago Press

The issue of world environment has a special kind of urgency... The issue is one of rich peoples and poor peoples, of the growing gap between the two, and of the rich fouling their own nests.

Gilbert F. White (1986). “Geography, Resources and Environment, Volume 1: Selected Writings of Gilbert F. White”, p.289, University of Chicago Press