Natural disasters books

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The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters

The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters

Author: Logan Marshall
ISBN: 9783954272266
Format: Paperback
$103.01

The sinking of the Titanic and the Great Sea Disasters contains awesome and engaging first hand stories and testimonies...  Read More >>

Risk Analysis

Risk Analysis

Author: C. A. Brebbia ,  V. Popov
ISBN: 9781845646202
Format: Hardback
$734.85

Covering topics such as: Risk Assessment and Management; Risk Mapping; Hazard Prevention, Management and Control;...  Read More >>

Crisis, Disaster and Risk: Institutional Response and Emergence

Crisis, Disaster and Risk: Institutional Response and...

Author: Kyle Farmbry
ISBN: 9780765624215
Format: Paperback
$88.99

This book explores the interactions of theories of risk with natural disasters, health crises, and crises in the...  Read More >>

Disasters Without Borders: The International Politics of Natural Disasters

Disasters Without Borders: The International Politics...

Author: John Hannigan (University of Toronto)
ISBN: 9780745650692
Format: Paperback
$34.95

* Natural disasters regularly reach a high degree of prominence in the media, but we rarely see the political aspects...  Read More >>

Disasters Without Borders: The International Politics of Natural Disasters

Disasters Without Borders: The International Politics...

Author: John Hannigan (University of Toronto)
ISBN: 9780745650685
Format: Hardback
$113.95

* Natural disasters regularly reach a high degree of prominence in the media, but we rarely see the political aspects...  Read More >>

Progress of Geo-Disaster Mitigation Technology in Asia

Progress of Geo-Disaster Mitigation Technology in Asia...

Author: Fawu Wang ,  Masakatsu Miyajima
ISBN: 9783642291067
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book includes the recent 10-year achievement of geo-disaster mitigation by leading Asian scientists from Japan,...  Read More >>

Preliminary Reconnaissance Report of the 2011 Tohoku-Chiho Taiheiyo-Oki Earthquake

Preliminary Reconnaissance Report of the 2011 Tohoku-Chiho...

Author: Architectural Institute of Japan
ISBN: 9784431540960
Format: Hardback
$448.77

Devastating damage in the Tohoku region of Japan occurred during and after the earthquake off the Pacific coast...  Read More >>

Awesome Forces: The Natural Hazards that Threaten New Zealand

Awesome Forces: The Natural Hazards that Threaten New...

Author: Geoffrey R.F. Hicks ,  Hamish Campbell
ISBN: 9781877385872
Format: Paperback
$62.07

Storms, landslides, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunami – all New Zealanders will encounter at least one of these hazards...  Read More >>

GIS, Human Geography, and Disasters

GIS, Human Geography, and Disasters

Author: Andrew Curtis ,  Jacqueline W. Mills
ISBN: 9781934269862
Format: Paperback
$149.60

Focuses on people and places impacted by disasters. Topics covered include “Social” GIS and disasters, spatial comparisons...  Read More >>

Landslides: Global Risk Preparedness

Landslides: Global Risk Preparedness

Author: Kyoji Sassa ,  Badaoui Rouhban
ISBN: 9783642220869
Format: Hardback
$448.77

This book presents the global landslide risk preparedness implemented through the International Programme on Landslides...  Read More >>

Designing To Avoid Disaster: The Nature of Fracture-Critical Design

Designing To Avoid Disaster: The Nature of Fracture-Critical...

Author: Thomas Fisher
ISBN: 9780415527361
Format: Paperback
$79.99

Author Thomas Fisher introduces the idea of fracture-critical design and provides many solutions for how we can...  Read More >>

Designing To Avoid Disaster: The Nature of Fracture-Critical Design

Designing To Avoid Disaster: The Nature of Fracture-Critical...

Author: Thomas Fisher
ISBN: 9780415527354
Format: Hardback
$368.00

Author Thomas Fisher introduces the idea of fracture-critical design and provides many solutions for how we can...  Read More >>

Building Resilience – Social Capital in Post–Disaster Recovery

Building Resilience – Social Capital in Post–Disaster...

Author: Daniel Aldrich
ISBN: 9780226012889
Format: Paperback
$61.95

Each year, natural disasters threaten the strength and stability of communities worldwide. This book highlights...  Read More >>

Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery: A Review of the United States Disaster Assistance Framework

Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery: A Review of the...

Author: Gavin Smith
ISBN: 9781597269452
Format: Paperback
$113.00

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The Tide of Poverty

The Tide of Poverty

Author: Jack Walts
ISBN: 9781477145883
Format: Paperback
$52.77

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Advances in Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics

Advances in Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric...

Author: Costas G. Helmis ,  Panagiotis T. Nastos
ISBN: 9783642291715
Format: Hardback
$871.17

This book essentially comprises the proceedings of the 11th International Conference of Meteorology, Climatology...  Read More >>

Humanitarian Logistics: Cross-Sector Cooperation in Disaster Relief Management

Humanitarian Logistics: Cross-Sector Cooperation in...

Author: Alessandra Cozzolino
ISBN: 9783642301858
Format: Paperback
$145.17

​​​​​​​​​​​​Humanitarian logistics has received increasing interest both from logistics academics and practitioners...  Read More >>

Earthquake Prediction by Seismic Electric Signals: The success of the VAN method over thirty years

Earthquake Prediction by Seismic Electric Signals: The...

Author: Mary S. Lazaridou-Varotsos
ISBN: 9783642244056
Format: Hardback
$527.97

This book presents the VAN earthquake prediction method. It details the theoretical model -based on solid state...  Read More >>

What Is a Disaster?

What Is a Disaster?

Author: E L Quarantelli
ISBN: 9786613917317
Format: Electronic book text
$772.99

Are conflict situations such as the ethnic clashes in Yugoslavia or Rwanda, terrorist attacks and riots, the same...  Read More >>

Dating Torrential Processes on Fans and Cones: Methods and Their Application for Hazard and Risk Assessment

Dating Torrential Processes on Fans and Cones: Methods...

Author: Michelle Schneuwly-Bollschweiler ,  Markus Stoffel
ISBN: 9789400743359
Format: Hardback
$448.77

This book provides a detailed overview on methods used for the dating of past torrential activity on fans and cones...  Read More >>

Integrated Risk Governance: Science Plan and Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters

Integrated Risk Governance: Science Plan and Case Studies...

Author: Peijun Shi ,  Carlo Jaeger
ISBN: 9783642316401
Format: Hardback
$290.37

""Integrated Risk Governance: Science Plan and Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters"" is the first book in the...  Read More >>

Disaster Deferred: A New View of Earthquake Hazards in the New Madrid Seismic Zone

Disaster Deferred: A New View of Earthquake Hazards...

Author: Seth Stein (Northwestern University)
ISBN: 9780231151399
Format: Paperback
$42.95

In the winter of 1811-12, a series of large earthquakes in the New Madrid seismic zone-often incorrectly described...  Read More >>

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