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Taking Shelter from the Storm

Taking Shelter from the Storm
Author: Federal Emergency Management Agency (U S ) ISBN: 9780160931437 Format: Paperback	$47.52
Having a safe room built for your home or small business can help provide near-absolute protection for you and your... Read More >>

Historic Disasters of Richmond

Historic Disasters of Richmond
Author: Walter S Griggs ISBN: 9781540202949 Format: Hardback	$84.45
Richmond has had its share of man-made and natural calamities throughout its illustrious history. In 1811, fire... Read More >>

National Flood Insurance: Management & Accountability in the Wake of Superstorm Sandy

National Flood Insurance: Management & Accountability...
Author: Brenda Murphy ISBN: 9781634843799 Format: Hardback	$323.40
The most destructive storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Superstorm Sandy smashed ashore on the U.S. East... Read More >>

Disaster Resilience after Hurricane Sandy: Enhancement Efforts, Use of Funds, & National Mitigation Framework

Disaster Resilience after Hurricane Sandy: Enhancement...
Author: Johnathan Carr ISBN: 9781634846455 Format: Hardback	$437.26
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What Stands in a Storm: A True Story of Love and Resilience in the Worst Superstorm in History

What Stands in a Storm: A True Story of Love and Resilience...
Author: Kim Cross , Mr Rick Bragg ISBN: 9781476763071 Format: Paperback	$50.13
"Enter the eye of the storm in this gripping real-life thriller--A Perfect Storm on land--that chronicles America's... Read More >>

So Great the Devastation: The 1916 Flood in Western North Carolina

So Great the Devastation: The 1916 Flood in Western...
Author: Jessica A Bandel ISBN: 9780865264816 Format: Paperback	$26.40
In mid-July 1916, the remnants of two hurricanes collided over western North Carolina, inundating the mountain region... Read More >>

Framing Environmental Disaster: Environmental Advocacy and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Framing Environmental Disaster: Environmental Advocacy...
Author: Melissa K. Merry ISBN: 9781138194526 Format: Paperback	$79.99
Based on a case study of the Gulf oil spill, this book develops a theory about how political actors strategically... Read More >>

Fusion Methodologies in Crisis Management: Higher Level Fusion and Decision Making

Fusion Methodologies in Crisis Management: Higher Level...
Author: Galina Rogova , Peter Scott ISBN: 9783319225265 Format: Hardback	$448.77
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Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Nuclear Risks: Prediction and Assessment Beyond the Fukushima Accident

Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Nuclear Risks: Prediction...
Author: Katsuhiro Kamae ISBN: 9784431558200 Format: Hardback	$158.37
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Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia

Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia
Author: Rajib Shaw (Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University, Japan) , Atta-Ur-Rahman (Associate Professor, Institute of Geography, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Peshawar, Pakistan) ISBN: 9780128021699 Format: Paperback	$211.07
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Current Challenges in Statistical Seismology

Current Challenges in Statistical Seismology
Author: Qinghua Huang , Matthew Gerstenberger ISBN: 9783319289663 Format: Paperback	$190.95
This includes not only non-seismicity geophysical data, suchas GPS observation on surface displacement, InSAR observation... Read More >>

Affordability of National Flood Insurance Program Premiums: Report 2

Affordability of National Flood Insurance Program Premiums:...
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine , Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ISBN: 9780309380775 Format: Paperback	$129.36
"When Congress authorized the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in 1968, it intended for the program to encourage... Read More >>

Managing Extreme Climate Change Risks through Insurance

Managing Extreme Climate Change Risks through Insurance...
Author: W. J. Wouter Botzen (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam) ISBN: 9781316600887 Format: Paperback	$108.65
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Superstorm Sandy: The Inevitable Destruction and Reconstruction of the Jersey Shore

Superstorm Sandy: The Inevitable Destruction and Reconstruction...
Author: Diane C. Bates ISBN: 9780813573397 Format: Paperback	$102.83
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Superstorm Sandy: The Inevitable Destruction and Reconstruction of the Jersey Shore

Superstorm Sandy: The Inevitable Destruction and Reconstruction...
Author: Diane C. Bates ISBN: 9780813573403 Format: Hardback	$396.00
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Hochwasser - Schutz - Konflikte: Eine Transdisziplinare Perspektive

Hochwasser - Schutz - Konflikte: Eine Transdisziplinare...
Author: Thomas Haas (Evonik Degussa Gmbh) , Katharina Stork ISBN: 9783825365691 Format: Paperback	$76.56
Trotz eines permanenten Hochwasserrisikos sucht der Mensch seit jeher die Nahe der Gewasser, da sie ihm viele Vorteile... Read More >>

Natural Hazards and Disasters

Natural Hazards and Disasters
Author: David Hyndman (University of Texas at Dallas) , Donald Hyndman (University of Montana) ISBN: 9781305581692 Format: Paperback	$414.35
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Too Much Drama

Too Much Drama
Author: Lauire Friedman , Natasha Shaloshvili ISBN: 9781467785891 Format: Hardback	$47.39
"""As ninth grade continues, April faces difficult shifts in her friendships and a continued hectic family life,... Read More >>

2015 global assessment report on disaster risk reduction: making development sustainable, the future of disaster risk reduction

2015 global assessment report on disaster risk reduction:...
Author: United Nations: Office for Disaster Risk Reduction , United Nations: Office for Disaster Risk Reduction ISBN: 9789211320428 Format: Paperback	$132.00
Highlights the connections between disaster risk and development and shows that decades of experience in managing... Read More >>

Tsunami Science: Ten years after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami: Volume II

Tsunami Science: Ten years after the 2004 Indian Ocean...
Author: Alexander Rabinovich , Eric Geist ISBN: 9783034809597 Format: Paperback	$145.17
As a result, incredible progress has been achieved in tsunami research and operation during the ten years after... Read More >>

Human Security and Japan's Triple Disaster: Responding to the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear crisis

Human Security and Japan's Triple Disaster: Responding...
Author: Paul Bacon (Waseda University, Japan) , Christopher Hobson (Waseda University, Japan) ISBN: 9781138646988 Format: Paperback	$92.99
Japan has been one of the most important international sponsors of human security, yet the concept has hitherto... Read More >>

Tsunamis in the European-Mediterranean Region: From Historical Record to Risk Mitigation

Tsunamis in the European-Mediterranean Region: From...
Author: Gerassimos Papadopoulos (Institute of Geodynamics, National Observatory of Athens, Athens, Greece) ISBN: 9780124202245 Format: Hardback	$343.07
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Disaster Governance in Urbanising Asia

Disaster Governance in Urbanising Asia
Author: Michelle Ann Miller , Mike Douglass ISBN: 9789812876485 Format: Hardback	$145.17
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The Fukushima Effect: A New Geopolitical Terrain

The Fukushima Effect: A New Geopolitical Terrain
Author: Richard Hindmarsh (Griffith University, Australia) , Rebecca Priestley (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) ISBN: 9781138830783 Format: Hardback	$305.00
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Resilience, Development and Global Change

Resilience, Development and Global Change
Author: Katrina Brown ISBN: 9780415663465 Format: Hardback	$326.00
Resilience is currently infusing policy debates and public discourses, widely promoted as a normative goal in fields... Read More >>

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