Natural disasters books

Surviving the unsurvivable. Healing from the unhealable. This is an inspiring memoir of physical and mental recovery,...  Read More >>

This contributed volume covers a broad range of topics related to landslide susceptibility including modeling, related...  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 presents state-of-the-art research in rock mechanics, tunnel/geotechnical engineering, addressing infrastructure,...  Read More >>

In this book, the authors discuss the different climate events, extreme events, compound extreme events, use of...  Read More >>

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of natural disasters—both terrestrial and hydrological—specifically...  Read More >>

This book compiles select proceedings from the International Conference on Civil Engineering Innovative Development...  Read More >>

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

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

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

At a time of escalating urban disasters and sharply reduced aid budgets, humanitarian aid, long held in need of...  Read More >>

This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Natural Disaster: Risk Analysis, Management...  Read More >>

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

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

The Damodar River Basin (DRB), one of the most populated regions of the world, exerts huge pressure on land through...  Read More >>

December 2032: Asteroid 2024 YR4 threatens Earth. This risk is reminiscent of past extinctions. The author explores...  Read More >>

This book unlocks the transformative potential of Micro Human Efforts (MHE) in the domain of disaster resilience...  Read More >>

This book offers a multidisciplinary collection of cutting-edge studies addressing challenges in underground construction,...  Read More >>

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This book features a collection of sections that examine the latest strategies and technologies for reducing flood...  Read More >>

This book explores the voices of terror-attack survivors, focusing on their experiences of hope and hopelessness,...  Read More >>

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This book investigates both short- and long-term responses to disaster in the British Caribbean. It is the first...  Read More >>

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