Search results for “[Subject: disaster]”

• Author(s): Miguel Esteban • Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann • Publisher Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann • BISAC: HydraulicsThe world's population is expected to increase to over 8 billion by 2020. About 60% of the total population of the world ...

• Author(s): Water Environment Federation • Publisher: Water Environment Federation • Publisher Imprint: Water Environment Federation • BISAC: Environmental - Waste ManagementDisasters faced by water resource recovery facilities include infrastru...

• Author(s): Tener Goodwin Veenema • Publisher: Springer Publishing Company • Publisher Imprint: Springer Publishing Company • BISAC: Nursing - Emergency"What a wonderful resource!"--Doody's Medical Reviews"The 4th Edition is unique in recognizin...

• Author(s): G. Jan Van Apeldoorn • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: World - AfricanOriginally published in 1981, this book provided the first concise and integrated account of the Nigerian crisis and uncovered the bas...

• Author(s): Mondira Dutta • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Human RightsFrom the Back CoverThe book highlights the root cause of human trafficking and analyses how factors of vulnerability affect the marginalized, espe...

• Author(s): Anousith Thepkaysone • Publisher: Library for All • Publisher Imprint: Library for All • BISAC: Readers - BeginnerWhat kind of disaster is it? ເຫດການນີ້ ເອີ້ນວ່າ ແນວໃດ?Your purchase of this book supports Library For All in its missi...

• Author(s): Devin Savage • Publisher: Karlier • Publisher Imprint: Karlier • BISAC: Human RightsThe DNA of Disaster: Catastrophe by Design examines how human-designed systems and organizations can unknowingly create conditions for catastrophic f...

• Author(s): Aidan Seale-Feldman • Publisher: University of Chicago Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Chicago Press • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialA compelling portrait of post-disaster imaginaries of repair in Nepal. In a w...

• Author(s): Robin L. Ersing | Kathleen A. Kost • Publisher: Oxford Univ PR • Publisher Imprint: Oxford Univ PR • BISAC: Social WorkDisasters both man-made and natural strike every population. Some communities are more resilient than others. Surv...

• 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): Pravin Khandve • Publisher: Notion Press • Publisher Imprint: Notion Press • BISAC: Public Policy - Environmental PolicyThis comprehensive guide comprises twelve illuminating chapters that explore every facet of disaster management, ...

• Author(s): Sarah Wulff • Publisher: Grin Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Grin Verlag • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralStudienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2018 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Wirtschaft und Industrie, Note: 1,0, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Sprache...

• Author(s): Pete Thorsen • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: Science Fiction - Apocalyptic & Post-ApocalypticFour complete stories of apocalyptic ...

• Author(s): B. A. Bolt • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeologyGrowth of population, communication and interdependence among countries has sharpened the impact of natural disasters. Not only have cala...

• Author(s): Azizur Rahman Siddiqui • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)From the Back CoverThis volume examines how local communities respond and adapt to ecologic...

• Author(s): Swenja Surminski • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Economics - GeneralFrom the Back CoverWhy aren't we investing more in disaster resilience, despite the rising costs of disaster events? This book argues th...

• Author(s): Indrajit Pal • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural DisastersFrom the Back CoverThis book provides an analytical discussion of the status of disaster risk reduction and governance in an Indian context, d...

• Author(s): Neil Zurcher • Publisher: Gray & Company Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Gray & Company Publishers • BISAC: United States - State & Local - Midwest(IA,IL,IN,KS,MI,MN,MOTragedy and courage walk hand-in-hand in these grippi...

• Author(s): Anita Finkelman • Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Cognella Academic PublishingDue to our experience with the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses have confronted many new issues as well as questioned the quality of ...

• Publisher: Haymarket Books • Publisher Imprint: Haymarket Books • BISAC: Global Warming & Climate ChangeAn in-depth look at Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria and the preexisting crisis that conditioned this historic disaster.

• Author(s): Bert Gordijn | Dónal P. O'Mathúna | Vilius Dranseika • Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Saint Philip Street Press • BISAC: Natural DisastersThis Open Access Book is the first to examine disasters from a multi...

• Author(s): Colin Reed • Publisher: Colin Reed • Publisher Imprint: Colin Reed • BISAC: Ships & Shipbuilding - HistoryIn the middle of the 19th century an unsettled Europe was being drained of emigrants dreaming of a new and better life in t...

• Author(s): Yoshitsugu Hayashi • Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann • Publisher Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann • BISAC: Civil - BridgesDisaster Resilient Cities: Concepts and Practical Examples discusses natural disasters, their complexity, and th...

• Author(s): Eric Tucker • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Industrial Health & SafetyEvery day, workers are injured, made ill, or killed on the job. Most often, workers experience these harms individual...

• Author(s): John L. Bisol • Publisher: Lulu.com • Publisher Imprint: Lulu.com • BISAC: GeneralThis book re-examines the work of the Committee on Disaster Studies, Study #3, "Tornado in Worcester, Massachusetts: An Exploratory Study of Individual...

• Author(s): Randi Minetor • Publisher: Down East Books • Publisher Imprint: Down East Books • BISAC: United States - State & Local - New England (CT, MA, ME, NH,Historic Disasters of New England tells the stories of the biggest and baddest n...

• Author(s): Sandeep • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural DisastersFrom the Back CoverThis book presents a comprehensive analysis of diverse aspects of geohazards. The growing vulnerability and exposure to failures...

• Author(s): American National Red Cross • Publisher: Hassell Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Hassell Street Press • BISAC: Social WorkThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of ci...

• Author(s): Roni Kaufman | Richard Edwards | Julia Mirsky • Publisher: University Press of America • Publisher Imprint: University Press of America • BISAC: Public HealthThis book addresses the development of long-term interventions following di...

• Author(s): Zamokuhle Mbandlwa • Publisher: IGI Global • Publisher Imprint: IGI Global • BISAC: Emergency ManagementThe urgency of effective disaster and risk management has reached unprecedented heights. The looming threat of resource constrain...

• Author(s): Hamish McLean • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Media StudiesFrom the Back CoverThis book explores the role of elected leaders in disaster management. Filling a significant gap in disaster literat...

• Author(s): Oliver Lancaster • Publisher: Oliver Lancaster • Publisher Imprint: Oliver Lancaster • BISAC: Eastern Europe - GeneralExperience the gripping and harrowing tale of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, one of the most catastrophic accident...

• Author(s): Geoffrey Zachary • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: DisasterEDGE OF THE STORMSurvival Stories from the BrinkBy Geoffrey ZacharyThe storms aren't coming.They're already here.And ...

• Author(s): Charles Morris • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: GeneralThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as mark...

• 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): Jules Favre • Publisher: Hachette Livre Bnf • Publisher Imprint: Hachette Livre Bnf • BISAC: Europe - GeneralLa Vérité sur les désastres de l'armée de l'Est et sur le désarmement de la garde nationale, telle qu'elle ressort des dépêc...