Search results for “[Subject: disaster]”

• Author(s): Yong-Gang Li • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural Disasters

• Author(s): Indrajit Pal • Publisher: Elsevier • Publisher Imprint: Elsevier • BISAC: Economics - GeneralMulti-hazard Vulnerability and Resilience Building: Cross Cutting Issues presents multi-disciplinary issues facing disaster risk reduction a...

• Author(s): Mohammad Reza Rahimpour • Publisher: Elsevier • Publisher Imprint: Elsevier • BISAC: Chemistry - Industrial & TechnicalCrises in Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries: Disasters and Environmental Challenges provides an overview o...

• Author(s): CGP Books • Publisher: Coordination Group Publications Ltd (CGP) • Publisher Imprint: Coordination Group Publications Ltd (CGP)

• Author(s): Mary Ellan Condon-Rall • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: Military - Vietnam WarDisaster on Green Ramp: The Army's Response is a powerful...

• Author(s): Susanna M. Hoffman | Anthony Oliver-Smith • Publisher: School for Advanced Research Press • Publisher Imprint: School for Advanced Research Press • BISAC: Social HistoryAt a time of increasing globalization and worldwide vulnerabilit...

• Author(s): Diego Otegui • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Management - GeneralThis book aims to be a comprehensive resource for crafting strategies to help private companies navigate and thrive in unpredictable and ch...

• Author(s): Anders Wijkman • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Natural DisastersOriginally published in 1984 Natural Disasters shows how misleading the term "natural disaster" can be. Forces of nature such a...

• Author(s): Sudip Mitra • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Civil - Soil & RockFrom the Back CoverThis book presents select proceedings of North-East Research Conclave (NERC 2022) that will help pave way toward disas...

• Author(s): Adam Higginbotham • Publisher: Simon & Schuster • Publisher Imprint: Simon & Schuster • BISAC: Russia - GeneralA New York Times Best Book of the Year A Time Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Y...

• Author(s): Philip E. Auerswald | Lewis M. Branscomb | Todd M. La Porte • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Public Policy - Regional PlanningIn the wake of 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, ...

• Author(s): Keith Jameson • Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC • Publisher Imprint: Literary Licensing, LLC • BISAC: General

• Author(s): Anja Possekel • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Law EnforcementLiving with the Unexpected deals with complexity and uncertainty, two major challenges in a world faced with climate change and hazards. The st...

• Author(s): Sunita Reddy • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralFrom the Back CoverThrough the lens of the Asian tsunami, this book problematizes concepts that are normally taken for granted in disaster d...

• Author(s): Pradeep Kumar Parida • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Natural DisastersThis volume explores the complex relationships between hazard, vulnerability and disaster for steering the challenges posed by disas...

• Author(s): Katherine B. Persson • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • BISAC: Counseling - Crisis ManagementThis provides a resource to help leaders at many levels in an organ...

• Author(s): Christopher Bartlett • Publisher: Openhatch Books • Publisher Imprint: Openhatch Books • BISAC: Aviation - CommercialThis book is unique in that it covers almost ALL the "classic" air disasters and other incidents that led to flying ...

• Author(s): Charles Morris • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: Earthquakes & Volcanoes""The San Francisco Calamity By Earthquake And Fire: A Complete And Accurate Account Of The Fearful Disast...

• Author(s): June Carolyn Erlick • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralNatural Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean: Coping with Calamity explores the relationship between natural disasters and c...

• Author(s): Razmig Keucheyan • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Polity Pr • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Public Policy - Environmental PolicyAbout the Book In the midst of the current ecological crisis, there is often lofty t...

• Author(s): Alex Alicea • Publisher: Alex Alicea • Publisher Imprint: Alex Alicea • BISAC: Social HistoryAbandoned in the Storm: Puerto Rico and the Politics of DisasterWhen Hurricane Maria slammed into Puerto Rico in 2017, the storm was only th...

• Author(s): David Gero • Publisher: History Press • Publisher Imprint: History Press • BISAC: Aviation - HistoryFlying as an airline passenger is, statistically, one of the safest forms of travel. Even so, the history of civil aviation is litter...

• Author(s): Suraj Mal • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)From the Back CoverThis book discusses the science, causes, impacts and risk reduction strategies for cl...

• Author(s): Ellsworth S. Grant • Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Globe Pequot Publishing • BISAC: United States - State & Local - New EnglandDramatic retellings of twenty true events, including the Moodus earthquake o...

• Author(s): Janney Byron Deacon • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: SlaveryDisasters And The American Red Cross In Disaster Relief (1918) is a book written by Janney Byron Deacon that explores the...

• Author(s): Saeid Eslamian • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural DisastersFrom the Back CoverThis book is part of a six-volume series on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience. The series aims to fill in gaps in th...

• Author(s): A. H. Godbey • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: EssaysThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, ...

• Author(s): Sam Fury | Diana Mangoba • Publisher: SF Nonfiction Books • Publisher Imprint: SF Nonfiction Books • BISAC: Natural DisastersDo You Know How to Survive a Disaster?If the answer is "NO" then The Disaster Survival Handbook is a MUST-HA...

• Author(s): Armen Goenjian | Alan Steinberg | Robert Pynoos • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Mental HealthThis fascinating book provides a comprehensive overview of the extensive po...

• Author(s): Frank Jerome Glago • Publisher: Eliva Press • Publisher Imprint: Eliva Press • BISAC: General"FLOOD DISASTER HAZARDS; CAUSES, IMPACTS AND MANAGEMENT" is a concise state of the art review on flood disasters and the practice of Flood d...

• Author(s): Gábor Mezősi • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural DisastersFrom the Back CoverThis book deals with natural hazards of geophysical, meteorological, hydrological, and biological types that are causing in...

• Author(s): Ilan Kelman • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)From the Back CoverEin Erdbeben erschüttert Haiti und ein Hurrikan wütet in Texas. Wir hören, dass die...

• Author(s): Ilias S. Kotsireas • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: AppliedFrom the Back CoverThis volume results from the "Second International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters" held in Kalamata, Greece, June 29-July ...

• Author(s): Neiler Medina Pena • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)Climate change, combined with the rapid and often unplanned urbanisation trends, i...

• Author(s): Alexandra Jayeun Lee • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Urban & RegionalFrom the Back CoverThis book discusses that disasters, whether natural or man-made, are essentially a human phenomenon. When a city...

• Author(s): Nico Verce • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: Romance - Rock Stars