Natural disasters books

5024 books were found.

Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America's New Age of Disaster

Firestorm: The Great Los Angeles Fires and America's...

Author: Jacob Soboroff
ISBN: 9780063467965
Format: Hardback
$55.00

From the MSNBC Senior Political and National Correspondent and New York Times bestselling author of Separated, a...  Read More >>

Learning from Disasters to Enhance Resilience of Urban Complex Systems: Stress Testing Cities and Urban Plans for Resilience

Learning from Disasters to Enhance Resilience of Urban...

Author: Anna Faiella
ISBN: 9783032073556
Format: Paperback
$145.17

This book presents research which gets shaped around three main pillars: Damage and Loss Data, Spatial Planning...  Read More >>

Eco-Social Work for Disaster Risk Reduction: Advancing Social and Environmental Justice

Eco-Social Work for Disaster Risk Reduction: Advancing...

Author: Joice K. Joseph ,  A. P. Pradeepkumar
ISBN: 9789819548842
Format: Hardback
$448.77

This contributed volume examines the intersection of social work, environmental justice, and disaster risk reduction...  Read More >>

Proceedings of GeoMandu 2024 Volume 1: Earthquake Engineering and Seismic Design

Proceedings of GeoMandu 2024 Volume 1: Earthquake Engineering...

Author: Netra Prakash Bhandary ,  Binod Tiwari
ISBN: 9789819679201
Format: Hardback
$791.97

This book presents the select proceedings of GeoMandu 2024. It sheds light on the latest developments and their...  Read More >>

Proceedings of GeoMandu 2024 Volume 2: Climate Change and Geohazards

Proceedings of GeoMandu 2024 Volume 2: Climate Change...

Author: Netra Prakash Bhandary ,  Binod Tiwari
ISBN: 9789819685271
Format: Hardback
$659.97

This book presents the select proceedings of GeoMandu 2024. It sheds light on the latest developments and their...  Read More >>

Thirteen White Roses: The Tornado of November 9, 1926

Thirteen White Roses: The Tornado of November 9, 1926...

Author: Steuart C Bowling ,  Anthony G Puzzilla
ISBN: 9781734550467
Format: Paperback
$68.61

The devastating F4 tornado that struck the small town of La Plata, Maryland, on November 9, 1926, was the deadliest...  Read More >>

Five Years After – Reassessing Japan`s Responses to the Earthquake, Tsunami, and the Nuclear Disaster

Five Years After – Reassessing Japan`s Responses to...

Author: Keiichi Tsunekawa
ISBN: 9784130370509
Format: Hardback
$258.75

?Five years after the Triple Disaster-the earthquake, tsunami, and the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi...  Read More >>

Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering of Concrete Dams

Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering of Concrete...

Author: M Amin Hariri-Ardebili ,  Rocio L Segura
ISBN: 9783032141439
Format: Hardback
$369.57

The seismic safety of dams is a critical concern worldwide, especially in seismically active regions where aging...  Read More >>

Greensburg: Susanne Walström

Greensburg: Susanne Walström

Author: Susanne Walström
ISBN: 9783735610508
Format: Hardback
$95.00

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

International Conference on Civil Engineering Innovative Development in Engineering Advances (ICC IDEA - 2025) Volume 3: Next-Generation Composite Structures, Transportation, Structural Health Monitoring, and Disaster Resilience

International Conference on Civil Engineering Innovative...

Author: Md. Abdul Mannan ,  Hemant S.Chore
ISBN: 9789819520138
Format: Hardback
$791.97

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

Micro Human Efforts in Disaster Rebuilding: Cultural and Contextual Lessons for Resilience

Micro Human Efforts in Disaster Rebuilding: Cultural...

Author: Chamila (Don) Subasinghe ,  Sanjoy Mazumdar
ISBN: 9781032205830
Format: Hardback
$273.00

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

Astéroïde YR4 et onze fins du monde possibles

Astéroïde YR4 et onze fins du monde possibles

Author: Luc Mary
ISBN: 9782315027125
Format: Paperback
$76.53

Décembre 2032: l'astéroïde 2024 YR4 menace la Terre. Ce risque rappelle les extinctions passées. L'auteur explore...  Read More >>

Jamaica Strong Surviving Hurricane Melissa

Jamaica Strong Surviving Hurricane Melissa

Author: Travis Barclay
ISBN: 9798241417169
Format: Paperback
$31.65

HURRICANE MELISSA: A Jamaican Story of Survival A powerful true account of patience, preparation, and resilience...  Read More >>

Natural Hazards and Public Management: Governing Climate Adaptation

Natural Hazards and Public Management: Governing Climate...

Author: Wolfgang Seibel ,  Andrew Butt
ISBN: 9783031982569
Format: Hardback
$158.37

This open access book examines how policymakers respond to natural hazards in the wake of global climate change....  Read More >>

Resilience and Recovery in Disaster and Emergency Management

Resilience and Recovery in Disaster and Emergency Management...

Author: Krzysztof Goniewicz (Professor, Polish Air Force University, Poland) ,  Amir Khorram-Manesh (Associate Professor, University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
ISBN: 9780443405099
Format: Paperback
$316.80

Resilience and Recovery in Disaster and Emergency Management addresses the urgent need for a comprehensive resource...  Read More >>

Seismic Control of Structures Using Tuned Mass Dampers: Theory and Practice

Seismic Control of Structures Using Tuned Mass Dampers:...

Author: Hamid Radmard Rahmani
ISBN: 9783031712197
Format: Paperback
$145.17

This book begins by describing the Tuned Mass Dampers (TMD) systems to familiarize readers with the basic concepts,...  Read More >>

Negotiating Relief and Freedom: Responses to Disaster in the British Caribbean, 1812-1907

Negotiating Relief and Freedom: Responses to Disaster...

Author: Oscar Webber
ISBN: 9781526194862
Format: Paperback
$56.99

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

Environmental Science: An Introduction

Environmental Science: An Introduction

Author: Sanjay Mandavi
ISBN: 9798279218479
Format: Paperback
$73.89

Environmental Science by Sanjay Research Group is a comprehensive and insightful guide that explores the intricate...  Read More >>

Global Impacts on Childhood Social Development: Building Resilience Amid Conflict, Environmental Degradation, and Climate Change

Global Impacts on Childhood Social Development: Building...

Author: Charles N. Oberg ,  Hopewell R. Hodges
ISBN: 9781032774879
Format: Paperback
$108.65

This important book combines insights from disciplines as diverse as developmental psychopathology, pediatrics,...  Read More >>

Disasters and Development: An Earth Institute Sustainability Primer

Disasters and Development: An Earth Institute Sustainability...

Author: Dr. John C. Mutter (Shelf Awareness) ,  Sonali Deraniyagala
ISBN: 9780231206372
Format: Paperback
$36.95

This primer provides readers with a fundamental understanding of disasters and their consequences.  Read More >>

Geoinformatics for Hilly Regions: Sustainable Human Settlements

Geoinformatics for Hilly Regions: Sustainable Human...

Author: Vishal Chettry ,  Harsimran Kaur
ISBN: 9789819501557
Format: Hardback
$422.37

mso-fareast-language: EN-IN;"">This book highlights the efficiency of geoinformatics to promote sustainable human...  Read More >>

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