Search results for “[Subject: disaster]”

• Author(s): Mike Cox • Publisher: Globe Pequot Press • Publisher Imprint: Globe Pequot Press • BISAC: United States - State & Local - Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)True accounts of major disasters in Texas history are retold in this engagingly w...

• Author(s): Al Roker • Publisher: William Morrow & Company • Publisher Imprint: William Morrow & Company • BISAC: United States - State & Local - Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)From the Back CoverIn this "vivid and absorbing account" (Boo...

• Author(s): Lisa R. Baker | Loretta A. Cormier • Publisher: Springer Publishing Company • Publisher Imprint: Springer Publishing Company • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefOffers the most current, evidence-based information for helping spec...

• Author(s): Richard Skiba • Publisher: After Midnight Publishing • Publisher Imprint: After Midnight Publishing • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefThis book provides an overview of disaster management, covering all stages from preparedness ...

• Author(s): Alexis Fran Ois • 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 pictu...

• Author(s): Atta-Ur- Rahman • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural DisastersFrom the Back CoverThis book is a pioneering regional work and provides a balanced approach of theory and practice in disaster risk reducti...

• Author(s): Nandita Gautam | Shivalingesh Kk • Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing • Publisher Imprint: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing • BISAC: Dentistry - General"Prevention is better than cure" is an old saying which makes sense in dis...

• Author(s): National Academies of Sciences Engineeri | Gulf Research Program | Gulf Health and Resilience Board • Publisher: National Academies Press • Publisher Imprint: National Academies Press • BISAC: Global Warming & Climate ChangeExper...

• Author(s): Lewis M. Killian • Publisher: Legare Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Legare Street Press • BISAC: AuditingDrawing on years of experience in disaster research, the author presents a critical reflection on the challenges and opportun...

• Author(s): Syed Hyder Abbas Musavi • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press • BISAC: ElectricalThis book describes in detail disaster management principles with applications through software and early warning systems. Th...

• Author(s): Maj Gen Amardeep Bhardwaj • Publisher: Partridge Publishing India • Publisher Imprint: Partridge Publishing India • BISAC: GeneralIn this seminal work, Major General Amardeep Bhardwaj, PhD - a soldier-scholar of global eminence - bri...

• Author(s): United States Government Accountability • Publisher: Scholar's Choice • Publisher Imprint: Scholar's Choice • BISAC: General This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of ...

• Author(s): History Encounters • Publisher: Ched Ed • Publisher Imprint: Ched Ed • BISAC: Book NotesHistory Encounters unearths the greatest stories with the major events from The Chernobyl Disaster to expand reader horizons for readers to be be...

• Author(s): U. S. Government Printing Office (Gpo) • Publisher: Bibliogov • Publisher Imprint: Bibliogov • BISAC: GeneralThe United States Government Printing Office (GPO) was created in June 1860, and is an agency of the the U.S. federal govern...

• Author(s): Bill Nicol • Publisher: Nicolnotes • Publisher Imprint: Nicolnotes • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefNatural disasters are nasty. Responding to and recovering from them is tremendously difficult. They require the very best lead...

• Author(s): Philip Eden • Publisher: Continuum • Publisher Imprint: Continuum • BISAC: Natural DisastersDisaster books traditionally feed on hype, sensationalism and bad science. Eden manages to redress the balance. What then is the place of wea...

• Author(s): Metin Baran • Publisher: Grin Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Grin Verlag • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeneralBachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Energiewissenschaften, Note: 1,0, Hochschule Bochum, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: A...

• Author(s): Meththika Vithanage | Ajith Priyal de Alwis | Deshai Botheju • Publisher: CRC Press • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press • BISAC: Environmental - Pollution ControlThis book discusses in detail the facts and findings related to the X-Press ...

• Author(s): Leo Kempe • Publisher: Grin Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Grin Verlag • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographySeminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject Geography / Earth Science - Demographics, Urban Management, Planning, University o...

• Author(s): Edward Newenham Hoare • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: GeneralPerils of the Deep is a historical account of some of the most significant shipwrecks and disasters at sea that occurre...

• Author(s): C. Emdad Haque • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)From the Back CoverThis book examines the aspects of prevention, mitigation, and management of envi...

• Author(s): Hirokazu Tatano • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural DisastersFrom the Back CoverThis book outlines methodologies to estimate the economic impacts of natural disasters based on business surveys conduct...

• Author(s): Ken Feil • Publisher: Wesleyan University Press • Publisher Imprint: Wesleyan University Press • BISAC: GeneralFirst study of disaster movies through reception theory and queer theory.Dying for a Laugh looks at the evolution of the c...

• Author(s): Vlado Vivoda • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: EnergyFor a country already uneasy about energy security, the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which caused a nuclear catastrophe at the Fukushima nuc...

• Author(s): Darius Bartlett • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeneralThe Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 has identified four priority areas for Disaster Risk Reducti...

• Author(s): David Sanderson • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: LandscapeThis book presents practical approaches for tackling the threats from climate change and disasters to urban growth in Pacific island c...

• Author(s): U. S. Government Accountability Office ( • Publisher: Bibliogov • Publisher Imprint: Bibliogov • BISAC: GeneralIn July 1977, the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, area was declared a major disaster area after a flood struck 136 communities in...

• Author(s): Sandhya Patel • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Europe - GeneralFrom the Back CoverThis book explores reactions to and representations of natural disasters in early modern Europe. The contributors...

• Author(s): Kenichi Miyamoto • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)Japan's asbestos disasters, encompassing both occupational disease and environmental pollution, h...

• Author(s): Funda Atun • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Power Resources - GeneralFrom the Back CoverThis book documents the outcomes of a study designed to explore ways of increasing resilience in a complex city syste...

• Author(s): I. Convery • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Health Care DeliveryMany disasters are approached by researchers, managers and policymakers as if they have a clear beginning, middle and end. But ofte...

• Author(s): Lanhai Li • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyThis book employs qualitative and quantitative methods to assess and scrutinize the impacts of climatic, topographic, land use, hydrolog...

• Author(s): Saxena HM • Publisher: Rawat Publication • Publisher Imprint: Rawat Publication

• Author(s): Johannah Haney | Tom Casteel • Publisher: Nomad Press (VT) • Publisher Imprint: Nomad Press (VT) • BISAC: Science & Nature - DisastersDiscover the power of the weather in this full-color introduction to natural disasters for kids...

• Author(s): Muhammet Gul • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press • BISAC: Operations ResearchMulti-Criteria Decision-Making (MCDM) includes methods and tools for modeling and solving complex problems. MCDM has become pop...

• Author(s): Jose Manuel Mendes • Publisher: Elsevier • Publisher Imprint: Elsevier • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)Strengthening Disaster Risk Governance to Manage Disaster Risk presents the second principle fr...