Sentence examples for collective disaster from inspiring English sources

Ultimately, the twentieth century's ill-fated enthusiasm for asbestos was a collective disaster.

But in a market environment the individual pursuit of self-interest, however rational, can give way to collective disaster.

Our system of oversight fails to account for how sensible individual choices can add up to collective disaster.

Not rocking the boat, they mainly go with the flow, even as they drift toward collective disaster.

The loss of a job, a home, a college fund, or one's dignity is both a symptom of the collective disaster and a contributor to its deepening.

Mama had disappeared, and I was shoved outside, ejected by something more important than me, absorbed into some kind of collective disaster.

It made the notion of modern design accessible to many people and insured that in the future tragic events would be marked as commemorations of individuals, not as collective disasters.

Collective disasters may also include man-made events such as technological accidents and purposeful terrorist activities.

A review of the daily experiences of children with disabilities (Heah et al. 2007) highlighted their potential capacities (both individual and collective) during disaster.

Collective behaviour in disaster follows a characteristic cycle, from first warning to community rehabilitation.

Erikson reinforces the importance of understanding the grassroots social and collective experiences of disaster impacts.