Aid & relief programmes books

Nonstructural failures have accounted for the majority of earthquake damage in several recent U.S. earthquakes....  Read More >>

First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

Food aid is a controversial form of development assistance. This book considers aid from the UK, EEC, USAID, the...  Read More >>

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First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

A portrait of a renowned Nobel-winning humanitarian organization, revealing how Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors...  Read More >>

A study of aid effectiveness in India's pre-liberalisation era. It identifies those sectors where aid-funded interventions...  Read More >>

Do you want to get started prepping, but don't have enough money to cover your expenses now, let alone start prepping...  Read More >>

For the last twenty years, Dr Hawa Abdi and her daughters have run a refugee camp on their family farm not far from...  Read More >>

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When this volume was published in 1993 it was the first comprehensive analysis of the major policy issues confronting...  Read More >>

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Since earthquake shaking is possible almost everywhere in the United States, earthquake safety should be practiced...  Read More >>

Recent decades have seen a dramatic earthquake related losses. In the past ten years estimated losses were twenty...  Read More >>

The purpose of this manual is to assist interested states, coalitions of states, or confederations of local governments...  Read More >>

The Northridge earthquake of January 17, 1994, caused widespread building damage throughout some of the most heavily...  Read More >>

This report, FEMA-351 - Recommended Seismic Evaluation and Upgrade Criteria for Existing Welded Steel Moment-Frame...  Read More >>

This report, FEMA-350 - Recommended Seismic Design Criteria for New Steel Moment-Frame Buildings has been developed...  Read More >>

This report, FEMA-352 - Recommended Postearthquake Evaluation and Repair Criteria for Welded Steel Moment-Frame...  Read More >>

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This is the first book to comprehensively examine the evolution of Japan’s response to humanitarian crises, placing...  Read More >>

Lifelines (e.g., systems and facilities that deliver energy fuel and systems and facilities that provide key services...  Read More >>

This report, FEMA-353 - Recommended Specifications and Quality Assurance Guidelines for Steel Moment-Frame Construction...  Read More >>

The Interagency Committee on Dam Safety (ICODS) was established to provide the Federal agencies involved in dam...  Read More >>

In April 1977, President Carter issued a memorandum directing the review of federal dam safety activities by an...  Read More >>