Natural disasters books

Global Drought and Sustainability delves into the multifaceted global issue of drought, its link to climate change,...  Read More >>

This open access book explores the complexity of socio-environmental extreme events and the possible ways to cope...  Read More >>

Frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE, discover Herculaneum: a remarkable window into the ancient...  Read More >>

An ethnographic exploration of the multiple ways in which disasters and time are co-constituted in the Peruvian...  Read More >>

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This book addresses geotechnical challenges in seismic zones, tunnels, slopes, rock mechanics, while integrating...  Read More >>

Looks at the most significant natural disasters in Earth’s history and considers whether we can prevent them from...  Read More >>

This book covers an overview of the distribution of permafrost in China and its engineering properties as well as...  Read More >>

Climate and Natural Hazard Risks is an in-depth examination of the physical, environmental, economic, and social...  Read More >>

Gender plays a crucial role in shaping the vulnerabilities and resilience of communities in the face of disaster...  Read More >>

Towhata and coauthors draw on their decades of research and innovation to describe an inexpensive and easy to interpret...  Read More >>

This book combines all the morpho-hydro-sediment interactive processes to explain the channel planform with the...  Read More >>

In Greensburg, Susanne Walström returns to a Kansas town nearly destroyed by a 2007 tornado. Decades after first...  Read More >>

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Reimagining Disasters builds on the momentum gained by the 2019 Disaster Studies Manifesto, which aims to inspire...  Read More >>

Resilience and Recovery in Disaster and Emergency Management  Read More >>

Reimagining Disasters builds on the momentum gained by the 2019 Disaster Studies Manifesto, which aims to inspire...  Read More >>

Dissecting the rising threat of extreme heat in the Asia-Pacific, the report examines its profound effects on communities,...  Read More >>

Climate change won't slow down on its own, and neither should you. This book cuts through the noise and gives you...  Read More >>

To commemorate the 20th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, in collaboration...  Read More >>

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This book presents a systematic and comprehensive review of the major seismic hazard assessment and zonation accomplishments...  Read More >>

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Probabilistic tsunami hazard and risk assessment (abbreviated as PTHA and PTRA, respectively) has evolved quickly...  Read More >>