Search results for “[subject: disaster]”

• Author(s): Mohamed Gad-el-Hak • Publisher: Cambridge UP • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - Meteorology & ClimatologyAbout the Book Extreme events - including climatic events, such a...

• Author(s): Drolet Julie L. • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefAbout the Book Social workers are increasingly engaged in supporting individuals and c...

• Author(s): Claire B. Rubin • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefAbout the Book The spate of disaster events ranging from major to catastrop...

• Author(s): Rajesh Arora | Preeti Arora • Publisher: CABI • Publisher Imprint: CABI • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Allied Health Services - Emergency Medical ServicesAbout the Book Disaster management is an increasingly important ...

• Author(s): Tuhin Ghosh | Indrajit Pal • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Asia - India & South AsiaNatural disasters are more common now than they have been ever befor...

• Author(s): Jacquleen Joseph | Surinder Jaswal • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge India • Subject: Earth-Science/EnvironmentThis book focuses on centrifugal disasters that impact a group of seemingly unconnected peo...

• Author(s): JC Gaillard • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyThis theoretical contribution argues that the domination of Western knowledge in dis...

• Author(s): Adenrele Awotona • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyWe are witnessing an ever-increasing level and intensity of disasters from Ecua...

• Author(s): Heimburger • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-ISTE • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Environmental - GeneralJapan is one of those countries most often affected by powerful natural hazards: earthquakes, tsunamis...

• Author(s): Bill Mcguire • Publisher: Hodder Arnold • Publisher Imprint: Hodder Arn • Subject: Earth-Science/EnvironmentIn the opening year of the new millennium, an astonishing one in every thirty people on the planet were affected by floods, s...

• Author(s): Kapur • Publisher: Cambridge UP • Publisher Imprint: Foundation Books • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyReading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a differe...

• Author(s): Brent Ritchie • Publisher: Cab International • Publisher Imprint: Cab International • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Business And EconomicsThe Asia-Pacific area is notable as one of the fastest growing tourism regions an...

• Author(s): Deeming • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Blackwell • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeneralFrom the Back CoverAN ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE FOUNDATIONS, RESEARCH AND PRACTICES OF COMMUNITY DISASTER RE...

• Author(s): Rajendra K. Pandey • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge India • Subject: Earth-Science/EnvironmentThis book explores policies, structures, and processes of disaster management in India examining key theore...

• Author(s): Scheberle • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Public Policy - Environmental PolicyEnvironmental stories have all the elements of a good drama-villains that pl...

• Author(s): FitzGerald | Gerry • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Infectious DiseasesThe second edition of this leading textbook provides the definitive guide to disaste...

• Author(s): Nasreen | Mahbuba • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Ecosystems & Habitats - Coastal Regions & ShorelinesThis book addresses disaster and disaster ri...

• Author(s): Peter Bunyard • Publisher: Floris Books • Publisher Imprint: Floris B. • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: WeatherAbout the Book Describing and exploring extreme weather events, including Hurricane Katrina, the Alpine flood...

• Author(s): Colker Ryan • Publisher: Elsevier • Publisher Imprint: But-Hein • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Natural DisastersOptimizing Community Infrastructure: Resilience in the Face of Shocks and Stresses examines the resilience...

• Author(s): Roig Benoit • Publisher: Elsevier • Publisher Imprint: Acad Pr • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Natural DisastersManagement of Emerging Public Health Issues and Risks: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Changing Environ...

• Author(s): Francisco Castro Rego | Penelope Morgan | Paulo Fernandes • Publisher: Springer Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Springer • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Natural DisastersFrom the Back CoverThis textbook provides students an...

• Author(s): LENAT • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-ISTE • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Natural DisastersThe impact of natural disasters has become an important and ever-growing preoccupation for modern societies. Volc...

• Author(s): Reddy | Christopher • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - Meteorology & ClimatologyScience Communication in a Crisis: An Insider's Guide id...

• Author(s): Ranjan Chakrabarti • Publisher: Ratna Sagar • Publisher Imprint: PrimusBook • Subject: Earth-Science/EnvironmentClimate, Calamity and the Wild: An Environmental History of the Bengal Delta c.1737–1947 offers a climatic and environmen...

• Author(s): Alejandro Lopez-Carresi | Others • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefThere is a perennial gap between theory and practice, betw...

• Author(s): Theresa Deichert • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Taylor & Francis • Subject: Earth-Science/EnvironmentThe Fukushima nuclear disaster of March 2011 left Japan grappling with profound social, political, and e...

• Author(s): Charles Officer • Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc • BISAC: ScienceIn New England, 1816 was called the Year Without a Summer. Crops failed throughout America and, in Western Euro...

• Author(s): Shanmugam P. Subbiah • Publisher: Cambridge UP • Publisher Imprint: Foundation Books • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment

• Author(s): Ben Wisner • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: ScienceIn Understanding and Addressing Disaster Risk, the authors explain how people modify the environment and exert powe...

• Author(s): Bharat Dahiya • Publisher: Springer Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Springer • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentForeword President of the East-West Center Preface Bharat Dah...

• Author(s): Edgardo Latrubesse • Publisher: Elsevier • Publisher Imprint: Elsevier • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)The main objective of the book is to offer a vision of the...

• Author(s): Sklarew | Jennifer F. • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Public Policy - Energy PolicyThis book explores an ongoing puzzle: why don't catastrophic events, su...

• Author(s): K.R. Gupta • Publisher: Atlantic • Publisher Imprint: Atlantic • Subject: Earth-Science/EnvironmentGlobal Warming is one of the most serious threats that the planet Earth and its inhabitants may ever face. The Earth’s climate has cha...

• Author(s): DAVIS • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeologyA new edition of a unique textbook that provides an exhaustive treatment of the world's different coasts--with ...

• Author(s): Trauger • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyThis book provides a comprehensive overview of the production and consumption of food, s...

• Author(s): Kelman • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)An earthquake shatters Haiti and a hurricane slices through Texas. W...