Search results for “[Subject: disaster]”

• Author(s): Thomas A. Birkland | Thomas A. Birkland • Publisher: Georgetown University Press • Publisher Imprint: Georgetown University Press • BISAC: Public Policy - GeneralDisasters like earthquakes are known as focusing events-sudden calamiti...

• Author(s): Robert J. Ursano | Carol S. Fullerton | Brian G. McCaughey • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Mental HealthCoping with disaster is an overwhelming and often baffling task ...

• Author(s): Ilan Kelman • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)An earthquake shatters Haiti and a hurricane slices through Te...

• Author(s): Richard A. Posner • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefHow should we respond to events that, for a variety of psychological and cultural reasons, we...

• Author(s): Gregory Button • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Left Coast Press • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefWhen disaster strikes, a ritual unfolds: a flood of experts, bureaucrats, and analysts rush to the scene; ...

• Author(s): Kathleen Tierney • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Polity Pr • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefDisasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not w...

• Author(s): Matthew Seeger • Publisher: Stanford Business Books • Publisher Imprint: Stanford Business Books • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefHow did you first hear about 9/11? What images come to mind when you think of Hurricane Katrina?...

• Author(s): Kathleen Tierney • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Polity Pr • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: Public Policy - Environmental PolicyDisasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do ...

• Author(s): David Eves • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Insurance - Risk Assessment & ManagementThis is a reprint of ISBN 978-0-901357-46-5 Disasters: learning the lessons for a safer world is both a ...

• Author(s): Kai T. Erikson • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company • Publisher Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralFrom the Back CoverIn the twentieth century, disasters caused by human beings have become more and mor...

• Author(s): J. Stephen Kroll-Smith | Stephen Robert Couch • Publisher: University Press of Kentucky • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Kentucky • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefIn the 1950s Centralia was a small town, like many othe...

• Author(s): J. Short • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Public Policy - Economic PolicyIn this volume, the USA is treated as a system that has been stress-tested by four unique events: the War on Terror, Hurri...

• Author(s): Jr. Zebrowski Ernest | Jr. Zebrowski • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeneralFrom epidemics and earthquakes to tornados and tidal waves, the overwhelmin...

• Author(s): Benedikt M. Orlowski • Publisher: Transcript Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Transcript Publishing • BISAC: Human GeographyPeople experience disasters very differently. Conflicts about a "correct" interpretation of the risks might ar...

• Author(s): Asperen Hanneke van | Lotte Jensen • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralDisasters are as much cultural as natural phenomena. For centuries, news about catastrophic events has been disseminated through...

• Author(s): Claire B. Rubin • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefAbout the Book The spate of disaster events ranging from major to catastrop...

• Author(s): Robert Geipel • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Life Sciences - EcologyThis series is dedicated to serving the growing community of scholars and prac- titioners concerned with the principles and application...

• Author(s): Ian Convery • Publisher: Boydell Press • Publisher Imprint: Boydell Press • BISAC: Modern - GeneralConsiderations of the effect of trauma on heritage sites. The essays in this volume address the displacement of natural and cultural h...

• Author(s): Matthew Scott • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Human RightsClimate Change, Disasters and the Refugee Convention is concerned with refugee status determination (RSD) in t...

• Author(s): Anil Kumar Gupta | Akhilesh Gupta | Pritha Acharya • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Life Sciences - Ecology

• Author(s): E. Lynne Wright • Publisher: Globe Pequot • Publisher Imprint: Globe Pequ • Subject: HistoryAbout the Book Twenty of Florida's most catastrophic incidents due to natural and other causes are recounted here. Featured are the Jacksonvi...

• Author(s): Edward Bryant • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Natural DisastersThis updated new edition presents a comprehensive, inter-disciplinary analysis of the complete range of n...

• Author(s): Robert A. Partridge | Lawrence Proano | David Marcozzi • Publisher: Oxford University Press • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press • BISAC: Emergency MedicineDisasters are difficult to manage for many reasons: the immediacy of ...

• Author(s): Robert Emmet Hernan • Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Environmental Conservation & Protection - GeneralOver the last century mankind has irrevocably damaged the environment through t...

• Author(s): Carmen Cowick • Publisher: Libraries Unlimited • Publisher Imprint: Libraries Unlimited • BISAC: Library & Information Science - Administration & ManagementEvery library needs to have a disaster management plan in place befor...

• Author(s): C. Emdad Haque • Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press • Publisher Imprint: McGill-Queen's University Press • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)From the Asian tsunami of 2004 to hurricane Katrina i...

• Author(s): Deserai A. Crow | Elizabeth A. Albright • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Business EthicsDisasters can serve as focusing events that increase agenda attention related to ...

• Author(s): Jamie Watters • Publisher: Apress • Publisher Imprint: Apress • BISAC: Information ManagementYou're in charge of IT, facilities, or core operations for your organization when a hurricane or a fast-moving wildfire hits. What do you do...

• Author(s): Peter Winchester • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)Natural disasters make dramatic reading. Every year, some area of the world is devas...

• Author(s): P. L. Rapp Phd • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: Philosophy, Theory & Social AspectsModern society has become so reliant on electric...

• Author(s): David Keen • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Polity Pr • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: GeneralIn the late twentieth century, disasters seemed like distant happenings in countries far away from the prosperous West....

• Author(s): Naim Kapucu • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Management - GeneralA wide range of natural hazards pose major risks to the lives and livelihoods of large populations around the world. Man-made d...

• Author(s): Joan Deppa | Maria Russell | Dona Hayes • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Death & DyingFirst published in 1993, The Media and Disasters looks behind the key scenes in the drama unfolding in the afterm...

• Author(s): Ilan Kelman • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: International Relations - DiplomacyWhen an earthquake hits a war zone or cyclone aid is flown in by an enemy, many ask: Can catastrophe bring peace...

• Author(s): Vositha Wijenayake | Linda Anne Stevenson | Akio Takemoto • Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: Developing & Emerging Countries

• Author(s): Jill Morrow-Gorton • Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann • Publisher Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)Integrating Mental Health and Disability into Public Health Disaster ...