Search results for “[Subject: disaster]”

• Author(s): Graham Heaslip • Publisher: Kogan Page • Publisher Imprint: Kogan Page • BISAC: DistributionIn rapidly developing emergencies, it is vital for aid agencies to understand how to establish an agile supply chain that resists the chaos o...

• Author(s): Abraham Lincoln Artman Himmelwright | Roebling Construction Co • Publisher: Legare Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Legare Street Press • BISAC: United States - State & Local - West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MTThis work has been sele...

• Author(s): Mark Pelling • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Human GeographyThe number of humanitarian disasters triggered by a natural hazard has doubled every decade since the 1960s. At the same time, the global econ...

• Author(s): William C., Sr. Henry • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: Religion & ScienceThis book shows how 98% of all Biblical Miracles and Disas...

• Author(s): James Payn • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: Historical - GeneralIn Peril And Privation: Stories Of Marine Disaster Retold is a book written by James Payn and originally published in...

• Author(s): Dr Kishor Dandapat • Publisher: Notion Press • Publisher Imprint: Notion Press • BISAC: Natural ResourcesSince the beginning of civilization man has suffered from the effects of natural hazards. These create chaos in society, for the...

• Author(s): United States Government Accountability • Publisher: Bibliogov • Publisher Imprint: Bibliogov • BISAC: GeneralThe BiblioGov Project is an effort to expand awareness of the public documents and records of the U.S. Government via print...

• Author(s): Ernst Tsao • Publisher: Labyrinth Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Labyrinth Publishing • BISAC: Insurance - PropertyThis is a book about the management of catastrophe at a National level. The aftermath of the 2010-2012 Christchurch e...

• Author(s): Andrea De Guttry • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: T.M.C. Asser Press • BISAC: InternationalWith a Foreword by Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis ResponseOv...

• Author(s): Heriberta Castanos • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: GeneralFrom the Back CoverThis book is an attempt to demonstrate the analytical power of the holistic approach for understanding disasters. Six major ear...

• Author(s): Karen Blakeman • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - GeneralFederal forces supported state and local authorities duri...

• Author(s): Asian Development Bank • Publisher: Asian Development Bank • Publisher Imprint: Asian Development Bank • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefThis report provides the latest evidence on the scale and impacts of disaster displacement...

• Author(s): Christophe Antoinette • Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing • Publisher Imprint: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing • BISAC: MethodologyThis book focuses on the performances of two national disaster management agencies and one ma...

• Author(s): Angela Stock | Cornelia Stott • Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W • BISAC: GeneralFinding words and images with which to describe and come to t...

• Author(s): Marti Talbott • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: Thrillers - SuspenseThe countdown had begun. They knew - scientists had been warning the...

• Author(s): Uriel Rosenthal • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Environmental - GeneralThroughout the last 20 years, the study of disasters has developed into a well- respected body of know ledge in the social sciences. ...

• Author(s): Rekha S. Rajan • Publisher: Scholastic Inc. • Publisher Imprint: Scholastic Inc. • BISAC: Readers - Chapter BooksThe Disaster Squad is ready to save the day in this action-packed early chapter book series perfect for fans of the Magi...

• Author(s): Michelle Ann Miller • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Human GeographyFrom the Back CoverThis edited book approaches the threat and impact of environmental disasters on Asia's urban populations from a govern...

• Author(s): Michael R. Glore • Publisher: History Press • Publisher Imprint: History Press • BISAC: United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,Schuylkill County is no stranger to disaster. Schuylkill County is no stranger to...

• Author(s): Joel Levy • Publisher: Welbeck Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Welbeck Publishing • BISAC: Physics - NuclearMeltdown investigates and recreates the dramatic events behind the most notorious nuclear accidents in history, as well as th...

• Author(s): Andrew Kaplan • Publisher: Lulu.com • Publisher Imprint: Lulu.com • BISAC: Science Fiction - GeneralA catastrophe has impacted Earth. Much of the world is in ruins. People across the globe are trying to stay alive. As the world as we...

• Author(s): Robert Antosia | John D. Cahill • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Life Sciences - BiologyThis is an essential portable handbook on bioterrorism and disaster medicine. Its practical and comprehensive text fe...

• Author(s): Kasia Mika • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyThis book uses narrative responses to the 2010 Haiti earthquake as a starting point for an analysis of notions of disaster, vulnerabi...

• Author(s): Emily Chan • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Development - Sustainable DevelopmentThe pressure of climate change, environmental degradation, and urbanisation, as well as the widening of socio- ...

• Author(s): Paul Lester • Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company • Publisher Imprint: Pelican Publishing Company • BISAC: Natural DisastersThe story of the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. History

• Author(s): Hans Günter Brauch • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)From the Back CoverThis policy-focused Global Environmental and Human Security Handbook for the...

• Author(s): Opie Percival Read • 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 pic...

• Author(s): Joanne Langan • Publisher: Elsevier • Publisher Imprint: Elsevier • BISAC: Nursing - Home & Community CareLearn how to plan for and respond to disasters! Preparing Nurses for Disaster Management: A Global Perspective helps you b...

• Author(s): Paul Cloke | David Conradson | Eric Pawson • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Public Policy - City Planning & Urban DevelopmentThis book critically assesses Christchurch, New Zealand as an evolving pos...

• Author(s): Robert D. Bullard | Beverly Wright • Publisher: New York University Press • Publisher Imprint: New York University Press • BISAC: Cultural & Ethnic Studies - American - African American & BlUncovers the ways the United States...

• Author(s): Abrahm Lustgarten • Publisher: Picador USA • Publisher Imprint: Picador USA • BISAC: Global Warming & Climate ChangeA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA Finalist for the Helen Bernstein Book Award "On the Move explains h...

• Author(s): James Payn • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: Military - World War IIIn Peril And Privation: Stories Of Marine Disaster Retold is a book written by James Payn and originally published...

• Author(s): Creek Stewart | Joe Bassett • Publisher: Adams Media Corporation • Publisher Imprint: Adams Media Corporation • BISAC: Safety & Security - Survival & Emergency PreparednessMaster emergency communication with this comprehensiv...