Search results for “[Subject: disaster]”

• Author(s): Frederick E. Drinker • Publisher: Nabu Press • Publisher Imprint: Nabu Press • BISAC: GeneralThis is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor p...

• Author(s): Takako Izumi | Miwa Abe | Kumiko Fujita • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural Disasters

• Author(s): Peijun Shi • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural DisastersFrom the Back Cover"Integrated Risk Governance: Science Plan and Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters" is the first book in the IHDP-Integrated...

• Author(s): Rajeev Kumar Gupta | Arti Jain | John Wang • Publisher: IGI Global • Publisher Imprint: IGI Global • BISAC: Environmental - GeneralIn the face of escalating environmental challenges such as climate change, air and water pollution, an...

• Author(s): Levy Jason K. | Chennat Gopalakrishnan • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Human GeographyThis book constitutes a landmark attempt to address, comprehensively and in-depth, a policy-focused approach to the ...

• Author(s): Volker Hoensch • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Chemistry - Industrial & TechnicalFrom the Back CoverIn our everyday conceptions we use the laws of nature with their enormous possibilities of technical...

• Author(s): Asim K. Dasgupta • Publisher: New Generation Publishing • Publisher Imprint: New Generation Publishing • BISAC: Natural DisastersIn Disasters: A Wander Down Memory Lane, Dr Asim K Dasgupta examines the many kinds of disasters that oc...

• Author(s): Rena Steinzor • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Criminal Law - GeneralThe U.S. Department of Justice is under fire for failing to prosecute banks that caused the 2008 eco...

• 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): Havidan Rodriguez • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefFrom the Back CoverFrom the reviews: "The Handbook of Disaster Research will, without a doubt, be the most important publi...

• Author(s): Ronald W. Perry • Publisher: Xlibris • Publisher Imprint: Xlibris • BISAC: GeneralWhat is a Disaster? Addresses the most basic question in the field: that of defining the phenomenon of study. For theoretical advancement, it is import...

• Author(s): Rasmus Dahlberg • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Development - Sustainable DevelopmentGiven the tendency of books on disasters to predominantly focus on strong geophysical or descriptive persp...

• Author(s): Pitagoras Binde • Publisher: Grin Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Grin Verlag • BISAC: GeneralResearch Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2020 in the subject Social Studies (General), The Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (N?cleo...

• Author(s): Ryan Casey • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: DystopianA devastating EMP. A terrifying tale of survival. Six months ago, a catastrophic EMP ripped across the nation, leaving soc...

• Author(s): C. Coile Russell C. Coile • Publisher: iUniverse • Publisher Imprint: iUniverse • BISAC: MemoirsTITLE: DISASTERMAN's BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR by RUSSELL C. COILE, CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MANAGER, WWW.disasterconsultant .com. 1) AUTHOR BIOGRAP...

• Author(s): D. Raveendranathan • Publisher: Notion Press Media Pvt Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Notion Press Media Pvt Ltd • BISAC: Natural Disasters'Global Adverse Manifestation' has been created to the maximum extent of catastrophic and humongous ...

• Author(s): Henry W. Fischer III • Publisher: University Press of America • Publisher Imprint: University Press of America • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralResponse to Disaster combines the original research of author Henry W. Fischer with the litera...

• Author(s): Sydney Tyler | Ralph Stockman Tarr • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: GeneralSan Francisco's Great Disaster is a historical account of the devastating earthquake, fire, and volcanic e...

• Author(s): John Sanders • Publisher: Liverpool University Press • Publisher Imprint: Liverpool University Press • BISAC: Film - History & CriticismThe disaster film taps into our fear of events beyond our control, ones that are often rooted...

• Author(s): Dennis del Favero | Susanne Thurow | Michael J. Ostwald • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Management ScienceAs a result of global warming, extreme events, such as firestorms and flash floods, pose increasin...

• Author(s): Anonymous • Publisher: Nabu Press • Publisher Imprint: Nabu Press • BISAC: Maritime History & PiracyThis is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typo...

• Author(s): Thomas Kramp • Publisher: Grin Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Grin Verlag • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeologyStudienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Geologie, Mineralogie, Bodenkunde, Note: 2, Marti...

• Author(s): David Gleicher • Publisher: Liverpool University Press • Publisher Imprint: Liverpool University Press • BISAC: Maritime History & PiracyThis work seeks to understand why a disproportionately large number of third class passenger...

• Author(s): Arnold M • Publisher: CQ Press • Publisher Imprint: CQ Press • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefFrom floods to fires, tornadoes to terrorist attacks, governments must respond to a variety of crises and meet reasonable standards ...

• Author(s): Gina Rochelle • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: Romance - SuspenseLove sweeps in like a hurricane, ravaging all in its path, but the alp...

• Author(s): Havidán Rodríguez • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralFrom the Back CoverThis second edition of the Handbook reflects some of the foundational topics for disaster studies; current substanti...

• Author(s): Shigeo Atsuji • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Operations ResearchFrom the Back CoverThis is the first book to examine the linkages among natural and organizational accidents and disasters in the modern er...

• Author(s): Robert G. Dixon • Publisher: Hutson Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Hutson Street Press • BISAC: Management - GeneralIn the wake of Hurricane Katrina, a national debate emerged regarding the ability of the federal government to coo...

• Author(s): Rajib Shaw • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural DisastersFrom the Back CoverThis book explains key lessons learned from diverse disaster situations and analyzes them within the framework of governance,...

• Author(s): Mike Cox • Publisher: History Press • Publisher Imprint: History Press • BISAC: Railroads - HistoryOn September 15, 1896, Crush boasted the highest population in Texas. Built near Waco, the town provided the staging ground for a publ...

• Author(s): Stéphane Hallegatte • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Economics - GeneralFrom the Back CoverThis book explores economic concepts related to disaster losses, describes mechanisms that determine the economic ...

• Author(s): Ovanes Akopyan | David Rosenthal • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Europe - GeneralHow did early modern societies think about disasters, such as earthquakes or floods? How did they represent disaster, and...

• Author(s): V. Pisarenko • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefFrom the Back CoverMathematically, natural disasters of all types are characterized by heavy tailed distributions. The analysis ...

• Author(s): Peijun Shi • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural DisastersFrom the Back CoverThis is the first English-language atlas to systematically introduce the environment, hazard, vulnerability and risk mapping ...

• Author(s): Mark A. Stebnicki • Publisher: Springer Publishing Company • Publisher Imprint: Springer Publishing Company • BISAC: Psychopathology - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)This is the first book for mental health professionals workin...