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Seismic Hazard Zonation for the Republic of North Macedonia

Seismic Hazard Zonation for the Republic of North Macedonia...

Author: Radmila Salic Makreska ,  Zoran Milutinovic
ISBN: 9783032139443
Format: Paperback
$131.97

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

Advances in Rock Mechanics—Infrastructure Development, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 13th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium (ARMS13)

Advances in Rock Mechanics—Infrastructure Development,...

Author: Debasis Deb ,  V. M. S. R. Murthy
ISBN: 9789819542581
Format: Hardback
$659.97

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

Asteroid YR4-11 Ways the World Could End

Asteroid YR4-11 Ways the World Could End

Author: Luc Mary
ISBN: 9782315027163
Format: Paperback
$79.17

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

Resilience in Urban Transit Systems

Resilience in Urban Transit Systems

Author: Limao Zhang ,  Renfei He
ISBN: 9789819543212
Format: Hardback
$527.97

This book provides an integrated and up-to-date overview of resilience thinking applied to urban transit systems,...  Read More >>

Advances in Rock Mechanics—Infrastructure Development, Volume 3: Proceedings of the 13th Asian Rock Mechanics Symposium (ARMS13)

Advances in Rock Mechanics—Infrastructure Development,...

Author: Debasis Deb ,  V. M.S.R. Murthy
ISBN: 9789819542468
Format: Hardback
$791.97

This book advances geotechnical engineering through a balanced integration of theory, experimentation, and field...  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 >>

Artificial Water Reservoir Triggered Seismicity: Focus on Koyna, India

Artificial Water Reservoir Triggered Seismicity: Focus...

Author: Harsh K. Gupta
ISBN: 9783032058720
Format: Hardback
$448.77

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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 >>

International Conference on Tsunami Risk Reduction and Resilience

International Conference on Tsunami Risk Reduction and...

Author: Maneesha Vinodini Ramesh ,  N. Vinod Chandra Menon
ISBN: 9783032096203
Format: Hardback
$659.97

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

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 >>

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: 9781041016724
Format: Paperback
$98.30

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

Surviving White Island: An inspiring memoir of physical and mental recovery after surviving the New Zealand volcanic eruption

Surviving White Island: An inspiring memoir of physical...

Author: Kelsey Waghorn
ISBN: 9781775542919
Format: Paperback
$34.99

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

Greensburg: Susanne Walström

Greensburg: Susanne Walström

Author: Susanne Walström
ISBN: 9783735610508
Format: Hardback
$105.00

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

Humanitarian Myths and Hubris: A Critical Self-Portrait from Médecins Sans Frontières

Humanitarian Myths and Hubris: A Critical Self-Portrait...

Author: Duncan McLean ,  Françoise Duroch
ISBN: 9781032893242
Format: Paperback
$98.30

This book explores the shifting role and relevance of humanitarian action today, through the prism of Médecins Sans...  Read More >>

Humanitarian Myths and Hubris: A Critical Self-Portrait from Médecins Sans Frontières

Humanitarian Myths and Hubris: A Critical Self-Portrait...

Author: Duncan McLean ,  Françoise Duroch
ISBN: 9781032893297
Format: Hardback
$401.06

This book explores the shifting role and relevance of humanitarian action today, through the prism of Médecins Sans...  Read More >>

Handbook of Disaster Studies in Japan

Handbook of Disaster Studies in Japan

Author: Paola Cavaliere ,  Junko Otani
ISBN: 9789048562275
Format: Hardback
$633.94

This volume is a critical interrogation of the concept, meaning and experience of disaster in 21st-century Japan....  Read More >>

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