Search results for “[Subject: disaster]”

• Author(s): Patrick S. Roberts • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: American Government - GeneralDisasters and the American State offers a thesis about the trajectory of federal governm...

• Author(s): Ahmad Rasmi Albattat | Ahmad Puad Mat Som • Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited • Publisher Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited • BISAC: Industries - Hospitality, Travel & TourismDisasters experienced by the hospitality industr...

• 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 U.S. federal government...

• Author(s): C. E. Haque • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyThis book evolved from a collaborative research project between the University of Manitoba, Canada and Jahangirnagar University, Bangl...

• Author(s): Phillip Drake • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Cultural & Ethnic Studies - GeneralNamed after Lapindo Brantas, a gas exploration company that was drilling at the eruption site, the Lapindo...

• Author(s): Malini Bhattacharjee • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • Subject: Politics and Current Affairs • BISAC: GeneralDisaster Relief and the RSS: Resurrecting 'Religion' Through Humanitarianism ;studies the pol...

• 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): Kate Brown • Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press, USA • BISAC: United States - 20th CenturyWhile many transnational histories of the nuclear arms race have been written, Kate Brown pro...

• Author(s): Zhores Medvedev • Publisher: W.W. Norton & Comp. • Publisher Imprint: WW Norton • Subject: Engineering • BISAC: Life Sciences - EcologyThe story of the explosion and contamination was and still is suppressed in the Soviet Union a...

• Author(s): Marco Folin • Publisher: Brill • Publisher Imprint: Brill • BISAC: Subjects & Themes - GeneralNine case studies on the artistic representation of earthquakes, fires and other natural disasters in European towns, from the late Mid...

• Author(s): Jonathan Prewitt • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: Strategic Planning

• Author(s): Christina Anikó Simmig • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: InternationalFrom the Back CoverDisaster losses in the context of natural hazards continue to rise, despite a growing understanding of disaster risks...

• Author(s): Adarsh Garg • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Apple Academic Press • BISAC: Health Care DeliveryThe recent COVID-19 global pandemic exemplifies the need for efficient, reliable, and real-time tools and technology...

• 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): Diego Otegui • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Management - General

• Author(s): James Thompson • Publisher: Seagull Books • Publisher Imprint: Seagull Books • Subject: Music, Theatre & Films • BISAC: Anthropology - Cultural & SocialAbout the Book As the world is challenged by a state of constant conflict...

• Author(s): Bárbara Montoro • Publisher: Practical Action Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Practical Action Publishing • BISAC: Developing & Emerging CountriesThis revised manual is an important resource for all involved in humanitarian disas...

• Author(s): Information Reso Management Association • Publisher: Information Science Reference • Publisher Imprint: Information Science Reference • BISAC: Emergency Management

• Author(s): Bill Mcguire • Publisher: Hodder Arnold • Publisher Imprint: Hodder Arn • Subject: Earth-Science/EnvironmentIn the opening year of the new millennium, an astonishing one in every thirty people on the planet were affected by floods, s...

• Author(s): Nathaniel O'Grady | Gemma Sou • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic • BISAC: Human GeographyDrawing on global case studies, this is the first book to outline and elaborate on the ways that human ge...

• Author(s): Dávid Karácsonyi • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: DemographyThis open access book provides worldwide examples demonstrating the importance of the interplay between demography and disasters in regions and s...

• Author(s): Subasinghe Chamila (Don) | Sanjoy Mazumdar • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefThis book unlocks the transformative potential of Micro Human Efforts (MHE) in the domain of dis...

• Author(s): Winford International | Carl Halford • Publisher: Independently Published • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster Relief

• Author(s): Ruth A. Miller • Publisher: Stanford Law Books • Publisher Imprint: Stanford Law Books • BISAC: GeneralTaking natural disaster as the political and legal norm is uncommon. Taking a person who has become unstable and irrational during...

• Author(s): Irasema Alcántara-Ayala | Andrew S. Goudie • Publisher: Cambridge University Press • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge University Press • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyHuman activities have had a huge impact on the environment and land...

• Author(s): Brian M. Harward • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: American Government - Executive BranchThis resource uses primary documents and contextualizing essays to illuminate how America's presidents have responded...

• Author(s): Heimburger • Publisher: Wiley • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-ISTE • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Environmental - GeneralJapan is one of those countries most often affected by powerful natural hazards: earthquakes, tsunamis...

• Author(s): S. Hollis • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave MacMillan • BISAC: International Relations - GeneralThe use of regional organizations to mitigate and respond to disasters has become a global trend. This book examines th...

• Author(s): Adenrele Awotona • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyWe are witnessing an ever-increasing level and intensity of disasters from Ecua...

• Author(s): Riyanti Djalante • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)From the Back CoverThis book is a unique, transdisciplinary summary of the state of the art of di...

• Author(s): Sharma | Vishwa Raj • Publisher: Springer Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Springer • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)From the Back CoverVarious natural and man-made ha...

• Author(s): Singh | Gaurav • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: CRC Press • Subject: Engineering • BISAC: Disasters & Disaster ReliefWritten by a hazardous materials consultant with over 40 years of experience in emergency ...

• 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): Martin F. Grace • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Insurance - Casualty1. THE PROBLEM OF CATASTROPHE RISK The risk of large losses from natural disasters in the U.S. has significantly increased in recent yea...