Aid & relief programmes books

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Reaching Mithymna: Among the Volunteers and Refugees on Lesvos

Reaching Mithymna: Among the Volunteers and Refugees...

Author: Steven Heighton
ISBN: 9781771963763
Format: Paperback
$29.99

A poet's firsthand account of a month volunteering on the frontlines of the Syrian refugee crisis.  Read More >>

Memories of the Andes

Memories of the Andes

Author: José Luis 'coche' Inciarte ,  John Guiver
ISBN: 9781913166335
Format: Paperback
$33.61

When Coche Inciarte boarded Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 on Friday 13th October 1972, he planned to sit next to...  Read More >>

Mgantic: A Deadly Mix of Oil, Rail, and Avarice

Mgantic: A Deadly Mix of Oil, Rail, and Avarice

Author: Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny ,  W. Donald Wilson
ISBN: 9781772012590
Format: Paperback
$34.99

"Lac-Mgantic, Qubec, Canada July 6, 2013. On a hot summer night, a driverless, out-of-control train descends the...  Read More >>

Disasters and Social Reproduction: Crisis Response between the State and Community

Disasters and Social Reproduction: Crisis Response between...

Author: Peer Illner
ISBN: 9780745339542
Format: Paperback
$59.49

A Marxist-feminist approach examining disaster relief in the US  Read More >>

Disasters and Social Reproduction: Crisis Response between the State and Community

Disasters and Social Reproduction: Crisis Response between...

Author: Peer Illner
ISBN: 9780745339559
Format: Hardback
$219.94

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Covid 19

Covid 19

Author: Gerald L Hutson
ISBN: 9781632217660
Format: Paperback
$32.34

"With all the worldwide news on this pandemic and its effect of killing thousands of people which started in late...  Read More >>

South-South Cooperation Beyond the Myths: Rising Donors, New Aid Practices?

South-South Cooperation Beyond the Myths: Rising Donors,...

Author: Isaline Bergamaschi ,  Phoebe Moore
ISBN: 9781349711956
Format: Paperback
$139.00

This book, which brings together scholars from the developed and developing world, explores one of the most salient...  Read More >>

Testimone a Chernobyl: La Catastrofe Che Sconvolse l'Urss

Testimone a Chernobyl: La Catastrofe Che Sconvolse l'Urss...

Author: Francesco Bigazzi
ISBN: 9788856404425
Format: Paperback
$60.72

On May 9, 1986, thirteen days after the Chernobyl disaster, eight reporters were allowed to enter the scene of the...  Read More >>

Rebuilding Surface, Maritime, and Air Transportation in Puerto Rico After Hurricanes Irma and Maria: Supporting Documentation for the Puerto Rico Recovery Plan

Rebuilding Surface, Maritime, and Air Transportation...

Author: Liisa Ecola ,  Aaron C Davenport
ISBN: 9781977403223
Format: Paperback
$131.87

The Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center was asked to develop a poststorm recovery plan for Puerto Rico....  Read More >>

Health and Social Services in Puerto Rico Before and After Hurricane Maria: Predisaster Conditions, Hurricane Damage, and Themes for Recovery

Health and Social Services in Puerto Rico Before and...

Author: Anita Chandra ,  Terry Marsh
ISBN: 9781977403216
Format: Paperback
$131.87

This overview of health and social services in Puerto Rico includes 31 courses of action to better recover from...  Read More >>

Insuring Public Buildings, Contents, Vehicles, and Equipment Against Disasters: Current Practices of State and Local Government and Options for Closing the Insurance Gap

Insuring Public Buildings, Contents, Vehicles, and Equipment...

Author: Lloyd Dixon ,  Jason Thomas Barnosky
ISBN: 9781977405425
Format: Paperback
$79.20

For this report, researchers examined state and local financial risk management practices, the role that the Federal...  Read More >>

CENTRO Journal: Fall 2020 Vol. 32 No. 3

CENTRO Journal: Fall 2020 Vol. 32 No. 3

Author: Manuel Lobato ,  Marta Alvarez
ISBN: 9781945662430
Format: Paperback
$52.80

The collection of studies included in this special volume of the CENTRO Journal show evidence of how post disaster...  Read More >>

Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined City

Wuhan Diary: Dispatches from a Quarantined City

Author: Fang Fang ,  Michael Berry
ISBN: 9780063052642
Format: Hardback
$79.17

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Sexual Violence in Conflict: A Threat to Global Security

Sexual Violence in Conflict: A Threat to Global Security...

Author: Francis Chinedu Abara
ISBN: 9781599426082
Format: Paperback
$51.62

The author argues that making a balanced narrative of sexual violence that includes both men and women as both victims...  Read More >>

The Education Sector in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria: Predisaster Conditions, Hurricane Damage, and Themes for Recovery

The Education Sector in Puerto Rico After Hurricane...

Author: Christopher Nelson ,  Andrea Prado Tuma
ISBN: 9781977402714
Format: Paperback
$108.24

Presenting a strategic approach to aid Puerto Rico's recovery from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the report details...  Read More >>

Community Planning and Capacity Building in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria: Predisaster Conditions, Hurricane Damage, and Courses of Action

Community Planning and Capacity Building in Puerto Rico...

Author: Vivian L Towe ,  Elizabeth L Petrun Sayers
ISBN: 9781977402882
Format: Paperback
$121.44

The authors detail the status of Puerto Rico's communities leading up to Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the storms'...  Read More >>

Assessing the Cost of Disaster Recovery and Identifying Funding Sources in the HSOAC Puerto Rico Economic and Disaster Recovery Plan Project

Assessing the Cost of Disaster Recovery and Identifying...

Author: Michael Kennedy ,  David Metz
ISBN: 9781977403148
Format: Paperback
$73.92

This report describes the work done on estimating the costs of, and identifying potential funding sources for, Puerto...  Read More >>

Public Buildings in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria: Prestorm Challenges, Hurricane Damage, and Suggested Courses of Action for Recovery

Public Buildings in Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria:...

Author: Tom Latourrette ,  Benjamin M Miller
ISBN: 9781977402936
Format: Paperback
$97.68

HSOAC presents a summary of hurricane damage to public buildings in Puerto Rico and 12 courses of action to repair...  Read More >>

International Postdisaster Recoveries: Lessons for Puerto Rico on Supply-Chain Management and Recovery Governance

International Postdisaster Recoveries: Lessons for Puerto...

Author: Jennifer D P Moroney ,  James A Schear
ISBN: 9781977403322
Format: Paperback
$131.87

The authors analyze supply-chain management and recovery governance in four disaster-ridden countries. Research...  Read More >>

Recovery in the U.S. Virgin Islands: Progress, Challenges, and Options for the Future

Recovery in the U.S. Virgin Islands: Progress, Challenges,...

Author: Shelly Culbertson ,  Blas Nunez-Neto
ISBN: 9781977405319
Format: Paperback
$131.87

This report provides analysis to help the U.S. Virgin Islands accelerate recovery from the 2017 hurricanes. It describes...  Read More >>

The Geography of Risk: Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and the Cost of America's Coasts

The Geography of Risk: Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and...

Author: Gilbert M Gaul
ISBN: 9781250758224
Format: Paperback
$47.52

This century has seen the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history--but who bears the brunt of these monster storms?...  Read More >>

The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin

The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America...

Author: Douglas Smith
ISBN: 9781250758118
Format: Paperback
$52.80

An award-winning historian reveals the harrowing, little-known story of an American effort to save the newly formed...  Read More >>

SHTF Survival Boot Camp: A Course for Urban and Wilderness Survival during Violent, Off-Grid, & Worst Case Scenarios

SHTF Survival Boot Camp: A Course for Urban and Wilderness...

Author: Toby Cowern ,  Selco Begovic
ISBN: 9781735870502
Format: Paperback
$65.87

The year 2020 has rendered in-person education unachievable in many situations. Going off to take a survival course...  Read More >>

Recovery Plan for the Communications and Information Technology Sector After Hurricanes Irma and Maria: Laying the Foundation for the Digital Transformation of Puerto Rico

Recovery Plan for the Communications and Information...

Author: Amado Cordova ,  Ryan Consaul
ISBN: 9781977403834
Format: Paperback
$131.87

Authors assess Puerto Rico's communications and information technology sector needs after damage caused during the...  Read More >>

Modernizing Puerto Rico's Housing Sector Following Hurricanes Irma and Maria: Post-Storm Challenges and Potential Courses of Action

Modernizing Puerto Rico's Housing Sector Following Hurricanes...

Author: Noreen Clancy ,  Lloyd Dixon
ISBN: 9781977403032
Format: Paperback
$113.52

Puerto Rico's housing sector needs a big fix. Through a careful analysis of housing damage caused by the 2017 hurricanes,...  Read More >>

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