Search results for “[Subject: natural-disasters]”

• Author(s): D. E. Alexander • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: GeneralHere is a comprehensive overview of the geophysical, technological, and social aspects of natural disasters. This book systematically reviews the age...

• 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): David E. Newton • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Natural DisastersThis book provides a detailed introduction to natural disasters and the ways in which they have had and continue to have, profound effects ...

• Author(s): B. A. Bolt • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeologyGrowth of population, communication and interdependence among countries has sharpened the impact of natural disasters. Not only have cala...

• Author(s): Bethany D. Hinga • Publisher: American Geophysical Union • Publisher Imprint: American Geophysical Union • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeologyNatural hazards are present in every part of planet Earth. Sometimes a natural event - such as ...

• Author(s): Gábor Mezősi • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural DisastersFrom the Back CoverThis book deals with natural hazards of geophysical, meteorological, hydrological, and biological types that are causing in...

• Publisher: Cicada Books • Publisher Imprint: Cicada Books • BISAC: Science & Nature - DisastersAn atlas of the most extreme meteorological and geological disasters that nature has to offer!''Dynamic illustrations paired with illuminating t...

• 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): 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): Scholastic • Publisher: Scholastic Inc. • Publisher Imprint: Scholastic Inc. • BISAC: Science & Nature - Earth Sciences - Earthquakes & VolcanoesGet blown away by unforgettable facts about natural disasters! With lenticular c...

• Author(s): Pandey | Prem C. • Publisher: Springer Verlag • Publisher Imprint: Springer • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Natural DisastersFrom the Back CoverThe objective of this publication is to provide insight into advancing remo...

• 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): Thomas Schröter • Publisher: Bod - Books on Demand • Publisher Imprint: Bod - Books on Demand • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeneralIn Naturkatastrophen untersucht Thomas Schr�ter die vielschichtigen Ursachen, Auswirkungen und historische...

• Author(s): Pedro Basabe | Peter T. Bobrowsky | Tom Beer • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural DisastersFew subjects have caught the attention of the entire world as much as those dealing with natural hazards. The ...

• Author(s): E. Willard Miller • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Natural DisastersA thorough overview of the phenomenon of flooding, including frequency, damage, and information about organizations that help flood victi...

• Author(s): B. A. Bolt • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeologyGrowth of population, communication and interdependence among countries has sharpened the impact of natural disasters. Not only have cala...

• Author(s): Sorin Cheval • Publisher: Intechopen • Publisher Imprint: Intechopen • BISAC: Earth Sciences - Meteorology & ClimatologyThe crossroads between a more and more populated human communities and their changing environment pose differ...

• Author(s): Tuhin Ghosh | Indrajit Pal • Publisher: Sage Publications • Publisher Imprint: SAGE India • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Asia - India & South AsiaNatural disasters are more common now than they have been ever befor...

• Author(s): Natalie Rauscher | Welf Werner • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: American Government - GeneralChapter 1. Introduction.- Part I: Governance.- Chapter 2. Disaster Made Manifest: The Federal Role in U.S. Natur...

• 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): G. J. McCall • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: GeneralDorrik A. V. Stow Editor in Chief, Association of Geoscientists for International Development ( AGID) AGIO is particularly pleased to see published this...

• Author(s): Cathy Hogan • Publisher: Callisto Reference • Publisher Imprint: Callisto Reference • BISAC: Natural DisastersNatural hazards are the events occurring in nature which affect the civilization and environment in a harmful way. The two ...

• Author(s): Alfred Scott • Publisher: Syrawood Publishing House • Publisher Imprint: Syrawood Publishing House • BISAC: Natural DisastersThis book provides comprehensive insights into the field of natural disaster, its challenges and management....

• Author(s): Robinson Bird • Publisher: Larsen and Keller Education • Publisher Imprint: Larsen and Keller Education • BISAC: Natural DisastersNatural Hazards are the natural events that cause a negative impact on people and their environment. Th...

• Author(s): Angus M. Gunn • Publisher: Greenwood • Publisher Imprint: Greenwood • BISAC: Environmental Science (see also Chemistry - Environmental)This reference resource describes both the scientific background and the economic and social issue...

• Author(s): Ilias S. Kotsireas • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: OptimizationFrom the Back CoverBased on the "Sixth International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters" (Piraeus, Greece, July 2023), this volume includes ...

• Author(s): Someshwar Das • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural Disasters

• Author(s): Anthony N. Penna • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: World - GeneralNatural Disasters in a Global Environment is a transnational, global and environmental history of natural and man-made disaste...

• Author(s): Kathleen M. Reilly • Publisher: Nomad Press (VT) • Publisher Imprint: Nomad Press (VT) • BISAC: Science & Nature - DisastersWhen natural disasters happen they grab headlines around the world. People, creatures, and the environmen...

• Author(s): Anthony N. Penna • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell • Publisher Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell • BISAC: World - GeneralNatural Disasters in a Global Environment is a transnational, global and environmental history of natural and man-made disaste...

• Author(s): Mohamed Gad-el-Hak • Publisher: Cambridge UP • Publisher Imprint: Cambridge • Subject: Earth-Science/Environment • BISAC: Earth Sciences - Meteorology & ClimatologyAbout the Book Extreme events - including climatic events, such a...

• Author(s): DK • Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) • Publisher Imprint: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) • BISAC: Science & Nature - Earth Sciences - WeatherDiscover the awesome power of nature in this visual guide to the dynam...

• Author(s): Michael Reichert | Philop Osei Owusu • Publisher: Grin Publishing • Publisher Imprint: Grin Publishing • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyStudienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Geowissenschaften / Geographie - Sonstiges, Note...

• Author(s): Gopal Krishna Panda | Rajib Shaw | Subodh Chandra Pal • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural DisastersThe book illustrates a geospatial and geostatistical approach to data analysis, modeling, risk assess...

• Author(s): M. K. Jha • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural DisastersThe major challenges of the 21st century faced by human beings are how to achieve water security, food security, energy security and environmenta...

• Author(s): Charles W. Finkl • Publisher: Springer • Publisher Imprint: Springer • BISAC: Natural DisastersFrom the Back CoverThis book covers the gamut of coastal hazards that result from short-term low-frequency events and have high-magnitude ...