Search results for “[Subject: disaster]”

• Author(s): Matthew Lauer • Publisher: University of California Press • Publisher Imprint: University of California Press • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefIn 2007, a three-story-high tsunami slammed the small island of Simbo in the wester...

• Author(s): Angela Frederick • Publisher: New York University Press • Publisher Imprint: New York University Press • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralA call to place disability at the center of climate and disaster responses Every disaster is a disabil...

• Author(s): Babu George | Qamar-Ud-Din Mahar • Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited • Publisher Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited • BISAC: Industries - Hospitality, Travel & TourismInternational Case Studies in the Management of Disasters...

• Author(s): Jonathan Boulter • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press • Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh University Press • BISAC: English, Irish, Scottish, WelshBlanchot, Ecology and Contemporary Fiction: The Thought of the Disaster delves into Maur...

• Author(s): Steve Preston • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: Educational Policy & ReformOur school system is in shambles. Kids are learning less ...

• Author(s): L. G. Wellington • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: Safety & Security - Survival & Emergency PreparednessDISASTER SURVIVAL IN A W...

• Author(s): Ian Davis • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Buildings - ResidentialDisasters can dominate newspaper headlines and fill our TV screens with relief appeals, but the complex long-term challenge of...

• Author(s): Shah Rukh • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: Science & Nature - Disasters"When Will The World End?: Forecasting the Fury of Catastrophic Natural Disasters" is a gripping and...

• Author(s): Virginia García-Acosta • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyThis book offers anthropological insights into disasters in Latin America. It fills a gap in the literature by...

• Author(s): Tariq S. Durrani • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Earth Sciences - Meteorology & ClimatologyFrom the Back CoverThis book presents the outcomes of the workshop sponsored by the National Natural Sciences...

• Author(s): Anthony Jackson • Publisher: Lulu.com • Publisher Imprint: Lulu.com • BISAC: GeneralDisaster relief volunteers share their accounts of helping others.

• Author(s): Tushar Pradhan • Publisher: VDM Verlag • Publisher Imprint: VDM Verlag • BISAC: ResearchDisplacement is an important issue in a developing society. It needs to be studied carefully since it involves various stake holders that need to...

• Author(s): Charles Perrow • Publisher: Princeton University Press • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefCharles Perrow is famous worldwide for his ideas about normal accidents, the notion that m...

• Author(s): Ah Godbey • Publisher: Nabu Press • Publisher Imprint: Nabu Press • BISAC: Social History"Great Disasters and Horrors in the World's History" recounts a series of significant calamities that have befallen humanity throughout recorded...

• Author(s): Ronald W. Perry • Publisher: Quorum Books • Publisher Imprint: Quorum Books • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefThis book addresses two common problems encountered by emergency services personnel: the design and implementation of...

• Author(s): Roberto E. Barrios • Publisher: University of Nebraska Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Nebraska Press • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialRoberto E. Barrios presents an ethnographic study of the aftermaths of four n...

• Author(s): A. Tugrul Tankut • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeologyFrom the Back CoverEarthquakes and tsunamis are two major natural disasters, causing enormous life and material losses over the ent...

• Author(s): Praba Karan • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: Curricula

• Author(s): Ronni Alexander • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Public Policy - Social PolicyThis edited book was produced through a transnational and transdisciplinary UNESCO Chair Project on Gender and Vulnerability in...

• Author(s): Amy LePore • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Public Policy - GeneralU.S. congressional debates over the last few years have highlighted a paradox: although research demonstrates that emergencie...

• Author(s): Gillis Peacock Walter • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Taylor & Francis Ltd • BISAC: Human ServicesThis book explores how social, economic and political factors set the stage for Hurricane Andrew by infl...

• Author(s): Scott Kauppinen • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: Non-ClassifiableWATERS OF NEGLECTThe True Story of a Disaster We Saw ComingTHE FLOOD WASN'T AN ACCIDENT. IT WAS A BREACH.In No...

• Author(s): Richard R. Young • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press • BISAC: Safety & Security (See Also Headings Under Self-Help - SafetThis book provides an overview and assessment of the security risks, both manm...

• Author(s): Charles E. Fritz | John H. Mathewson • Publisher: Legare Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Legare Street Press • BISAC: GeneralThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base o...

• Author(s): Shahla F. Ali • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: InternationalWith growing awareness of the devastation caused by major natural disasters, alongside integration of governa...

• Author(s): Judit Szente • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Early Childhood (Incl. Preschool & Kindergarten)This book addresses different types of disasters, both human crises and environmental disasters, and their ...

• Author(s): Hans Jochen Scholl • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Public Affairs & AdministrationThis edited book entertains a multitude of perspectives on crisis information management systems (CIMS)-based disaster...

• Author(s): Naomi Zack • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyEthics for Disaster addresses the moral aspects of hurricanes, earthquakes, to...

• Author(s): Greg D. Moore • Publisher: Apress • Publisher Imprint: Apress • BISAC: Security - GeneralFrom the Back CoverLearn how to develop solutions to handle disasters both large and small. Real-world scenarios illustrate the importance of di...

• 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): Jay H. Levinson • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press • BISAC: Forensic MedicineDisaster Victim Identification: A Manager's Guide to Policy and Procedure's guiding thesis explains why disaster victim identi...

• Author(s): Simon Bennett • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Safety & Security - General (See Also House & Home - SafetyRisk is an enduring theme of modern life. It permeates political, economic and...

• Author(s): Jeff Kingston • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralThe March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan plunged the country into a state of crisis. As the nation struggled to recover from a recor...

• Author(s): Maria Cristina Garcia • Publisher: University of North Carolina Press • Publisher Imprint: University of North Carolina Press • BISAC: United States - 20th CenturyNatural disasters and the dire effects of climate change cause massive...

• Author(s): Leann Hackman-Carty • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: Safety & Security - Survival & Emergency PreparednessNatural disasters are...