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• Author(s): Edmund M. Ricci | Jr. Pretto Ernesto A. | Knut Ole Sundnes • Publisher: Oxford Univ PR • Publisher Imprint: Oxford Univ PR • BISAC: Emergency MedicineA human disaster is defined as a hazardous event that overwhelms the capacity of th...

• Author(s): Thor Castleburry • Publisher: Creative Arts Management Ou • Publisher Imprint: Creative Arts Management Ou • BISAC: European - English, Irish, Scottish, WelshDisaster Diaries is a poignant and evocative collection of poetry that capt...

• Author(s): Michael S. Twinchek • Publisher: Mtwinchek • Publisher Imprint: Mtwinchek • BISAC: Health & SafetyA Compilation of Compilation of Selected Emergency Management Related LawsThis new volume brings together the cornerstone statutes ...

• Author(s): Robert Högerle • Publisher: Grin Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Grin Verlag • BISAC: GeneralEssay from the year 2011 in the subject Politics - Environmental Policy, grade: 1,3, University of Padua (Facoltà di Scienze Politiche), course:...

• 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): Graziano Salvalai • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Sustainability & Green DesignFrom the Back CoverThe book provides an overview of the Slow Onset Disasters (SLOD) in the urban built environment discus...

• Author(s): Suzanne Bernier | Tom Ridge | Candice L. Davis • Publisher: Faith Books and More • Publisher Imprint: Faith Books and More • BISAC: Natural DisastersTHE LATE FRED ROGERS, BELOVED AND GENTLE HOST OF PBS' Mister Rogers' Neighborhood fo...

• Author(s): Mohammad Tarikul Islam • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Developing & Emerging Countries

• Author(s): Logan Marshall • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: ClassicsDr. Van Dyke's Spiritual Consolation to the Survivors of the Titanic The Titani...

• Author(s): Elaine Enarson • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyIn the examination of gender as a driving force in disasters, too little attention has been paid to how women's or men...

• Author(s): V. F. Pisarenko • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural DisastersFrom the Back CoverThe study of disaster statistics and disaster occurrence is a complicated interdisciplinary field involving the interpla...

• Author(s): Carlos Fonseca • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic • BISAC: Caribbean & Latin AmericanThis book investigates how nature and history intertwined during the violent aftermath of the Latin Ameri...

• Author(s): Roni Kaufman | Richard Edwards | Julia Mirsky • Publisher: University Press of America • Publisher Imprint: University Press of America • BISAC: Public HealthThis book addresses the development of long-term interventions following di...

• Author(s): Ayse Yildiz | Rajib Shaw • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural Disasters

• Author(s): Logan Marshall • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: Special Interest - AdventureSinking Of The Titanic And Great Sea Disasters is a book written by Logan Marshall that provides a detail...

• Author(s): Denise L. Scheberle • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Public Policy - Environmental PolicyEnvironmental stories have all the elements of a good drama--villains that plunge the world into danger...

• Author(s): Hemanta Hazarika | Stuart Kenneth Haigh | Babloo Chaudhary • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Civil - Soil & Rock

• Author(s): Debra A. Miller • Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Greenhaven Publishing • BISAC: Social Science - GeneralEditor Debra A. Miller has compiled compelling essays that debate many issues of disaster response. Reader...

• Author(s): Volker Hoensch • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Chemistry - Industrial & TechnicalFrom the Back CoverIn our everyday conceptions we use the laws of nature with their enormous possibilities of technical...

• Author(s): Ben K. Blanchard • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: First AidDisaster Survival: How To Survive a Disaster - The practical Guide (Tornado,...

• Author(s): Peddada Jagadeeswara Rao • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Earth Sciences - Meteorology & ClimatologyFrom the Back CoverThe natural disasters are the killer agents which can/can't be predicted even thou...

• Author(s): Emily Ying Yang Chan • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural DisastersFrom the Back CoverThis book presents the health emergency and disaster risk management (H-EDRM) research landscape, with examples fro...

• Author(s): Takashi Hirose • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform • BISAC: Power Resources - NuclearTakashi Hirose wrote this book in a heat of passion mixed with...

• Author(s): Saeid Eslamian • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural Disasters

• Author(s): Asmita Tiwari • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural DisastersFrom the Back CoverHow can a place be built and managed so that it is safe for people to live? Ironically, many governments and citizens keep...

• Author(s): Adnan Ibrahimbegovic • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Civil - General1.1. SAFETY OF CIVIL STRUCTURES Society expects that the failure of civil structures is extremely rare and relies on the care and expert...

• Author(s): McGuire | Bill • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In this Very Short Introduction Bill McGuire takes a fresh look at our some...

• Author(s): Muhammad Rabiul Hasan • Publisher: Edizioni Sapienza • Publisher Imprint: Edizioni Sapienza • BISAC: GeneralLe comunit� che vivono nelle zone umide del Bangladesh sono esposte a un grado di vulnerabilit� pi� elevato rispetto al resto...

• Author(s): Marvine Paula Hamner | S. Shane Stovall | Doaa M. Taha • Publisher: Information Science Reference • Publisher Imprint: Information Science Reference • BISAC: Emergency ManagementIn a world of earthquakes, tsunamis, and terrorist atta...

• Author(s): Logan Marshall • Publisher: Kessinger Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Kessinger Publishing • BISAC: GeneralThe True Story Of Our National Calamity Of Flood, Fire And Tornado is a historical book written by Marshall Logan and publishe...

• Author(s): Yibin Ao • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Social WorkFrom the Back CoverThis thought-provoking book unravels the intricate interplay between human behavior and disasters, weaving a rich narrative that tran...

• Author(s): MS M Nivethitha Devi • Publisher: Notion Press • Publisher Imprint: Notion Press • BISAC: Student Life & Student AffairsThe book "Disaster Management" provides a comprehensive overview of strategies, frameworks, and methodologies...

• Author(s): Arne Olav Øyhus • Publisher: Saint Philip Street Press • Publisher Imprint: Saint Philip Street Press • BISAC: Asia - India & South AsiaOn 26 December 2004 at 6.58 hours (Sri Lanka Time), a massive earthquake with its epicentre o...

• Author(s): Christopher Hood • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialJust as the sinking of the Titanic is embedded in the public consciousness in the English-speaking wor...

• Author(s): Mohammad Tarikul Islam • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Developing & Emerging CountriesFrom the Back CoverThis book unveils the nexus between disaster, governance and development with a particular focu...

• 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...