Natural disasters books

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His Calm After the Storm

His Calm After the Storm

Author: Linda B Spiller
ISBN: 9781622302321
Format: Hardback
$76.53

Have you ever in your wildest dreams imagined being in a massive, violent tornado like the one that swept through...  Read More >>

Preparing for High-impact, Low-probability Events: Lessons from Eyjafjallajokull

Preparing for High-impact, Low-probability Events: Lessons...

Author: Bernice Lee ,  Felix Preston
ISBN: 9781862032538
Format: Paperback
$21.99

"The frequency of ""high-impact, low-probability"" (HILP) events in the last decade - such as Hurricane Katrina,...  Read More >>

Natural Hazards Atlas of Jamaica

Natural Hazards Atlas of Jamaica

Author: Parris Lyew-Ayee Jr ,  Rafi Ahmad
ISBN: 9789766402594
Format: Paperback
$68.20

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Criteria for Use in Preparedness and Response for a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency

Criteria for Use in Preparedness and Response for a...

Author: IAEA
ISBN: 9789201074102
Format: Paperback
$71.50

Presents a coherent set of generic criteria (expressed numerically in terms of radiation dose) that form a basis...  Read More >>

Lessons from Hurricane Ike

Lessons from Hurricane Ike

Author: Philip B. Bedient ,  Philip B. Bedient
ISBN: 9781603445887
Format: Paperback
$90.43

If Hurricane Ike had made landfall just fifty miles down the Texas coast, the devastation and death caused by what...  Read More >>

The Palm Oil Controversy in Southeast Asia: A Transnational Perspective

The Palm Oil Controversy in Southeast Asia: A Transnational...

Author: Oliver Pye ,  Jayati Bhattacharya
ISBN: 9789814311441
Format: Paperback
$154.04

Compelling, readable and insightful, this study shows that corporate responses to civil societys concerns about...  Read More >>

Tree Rings and Natural Hazards: A State-of-Art

Tree Rings and Natural Hazards: A State-of-Art

Author: Markus Stoffel ,  Michelle Bollschweiler
ISBN: 9789400732179
Format: Paperback
$580.77

Dendrogeomorphology Beginnings and Futures: A Personal Reminiscence My early forays into dendrogeomorphology occurred...  Read More >>

Sturmschaden: Modellierung Der Versicherten Schaden in Osterreich

Sturmschaden: Modellierung Der Versicherten Schaden...

Author: Hansjorg Albrecher (Univ of Lausanne Switzerland) ,  Franz Prettenthaler
ISBN: 9783700173106
Format: Paperback
$155.76

Wenn das Wetter verruckt spielt, werden moglichst genaue Informationen uber die Wahrscheinlichkeit des Auftretens...  Read More >>

Hazard Mitigation Field Book: Roadways

Hazard Mitigation Field Book: Roadways

Author: Federal Emergency Management Agency
ISBN: 9780160902031
Format: Paperback
$36.96

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Civilian Surge: Key to Complex Operation

Civilian Surge: Key to Complex Operation

Author: Patricj M Cronin ,  Hans Binnendijk
ISBN: 9781478268819
Format: Paperback
$58.05

This lexicon is inten ded as a tool to he lp strip aw ay one source of the endem ic miscommunication and friction...  Read More >>

Taiwan's Environmental Struggle: Toward a Green Silicon Island

Taiwan's Environmental Struggle: Toward a Green Silicon...

Author: Jack Williams ,  Ch’ang-yi David Chang
ISBN: 9780415542272
Format: Paperback
$92.99

This book examines the causes of Taiwan's environmental predicament, engaging in Taiwan's unique geological, geographical,...  Read More >>

Strengthening Resilience in Post-disaster Situations: Stories, Experience and Lessons from South Asia

Strengthening Resilience in Post-disaster Situations:...

Author: Julian Gonsalves
ISBN: 9788171889044
Format: Paperback
$113.72

"To mitigate, develop, and improve the lives of those vulnerable to intense natural disasters, climate change, and...  Read More >>

Flood Recovery, Innovation and Response

Flood Recovery, Innovation and Response

Author: David Proverbs ,  S. Mambretti
ISBN: 9781845645885
Format: Hardback
$377.78

The conference papers cover the following topics: Flood Risk Management; Flood Risk Vulnerability; Emergency Preparedness...  Read More >>

Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire

Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire

Author: Colleen Morton Busch
ISBN: 9780143121374
Format: Paperback
$63.36

Busch recounts the true story of how five monks saved the oldest Zen Buddhistmonastery in the United States from...  Read More >>

Lake Kivu: Limnology and biogeochemistry of a tropical great lake

Lake Kivu: Limnology and biogeochemistry of a tropical...

Author: Jean-Pierre Descy ,  François Darchambeau
ISBN: 9789400742420
Format: Hardback
$290.37

In the heart of Africa, a unique lake attracts the attention of scientists since the beginning of the 20th century....  Read More >>

The Great Sea Islands Hurricane & Tidal Wave: A Storm of Politics & Charity During the Jim Crow Era

The Great Sea Islands Hurricane & Tidal Wave: A Storm...

Author: Craig G Metts
ISBN: 9781478117216
Format: Paperback
$23.73

"On the 27th of August 1893 a hurricane struck the South Carolina and Georgia Seacoast with such a massive storm...  Read More >>

A Bolt from the Blue: The Epic True Story of Danger, Daring, and Heroism at 13,000 Feet

A Bolt from the Blue: The Epic True Story of Danger,...

Author: Jennifer Woodlief
ISBN: 9781451607086
Format: Paperback
$47.49

"From the author of ""A Wall of White,"" the thrilling account of a spectacular mountain rescue after six climbers...  Read More >>

Aria, acqua, terra e fuoco - Volume I: Terremoti, frane ed eruzioni vulcaniche

Aria, acqua, terra e fuoco - Volume I: Terremoti, frane...

Author: Fabio Vittorio De Blasio
ISBN: 9788847025462
Format: Paperback
$64.66

Le catastrofi sono classificate in base agli elementi della tradizione filosofica ellenica e la loro ragione fisica...  Read More >>

The Hurricane

The Hurricane

Author: Roger A Pielke
ISBN: 9780415615549
Format: Paperback
$41.99

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Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters

Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters

Author: Logan Marshall
ISBN: 9781781391723
Format: Hardback
$50.13

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Geographic Information and Cartography for Risk and Crisis Management: Towards Better Solutions

Geographic Information and Cartography for Risk and...

Author: Milan Konecny ,  Sisi Zlatanova
ISBN: 9783642262937
Format: Paperback
$448.77

Cartography and geographic information (GI) are remarkably appropriate for the requirements of early warning (EW)...  Read More >>

The Weather Factor: How Nature Has Changed History

The Weather Factor: How Nature Has Changed History

Author: Erik Durschmied
ISBN: 9781611454390
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Throughout history, the weather has been responsible for the deaths of more people that the spear, bullet or atomic...  Read More >>

Les Inondations de 1875 Dans Le Sud-Ouest. Toulouse, Castelsarrasin, Moissac, Agen, Etc. (Ed.1875)

Les Inondations de 1875 Dans Le Sud-Ouest. Toulouse,...

Author: Sans Auteur
ISBN: 9782012576834
Format: Paperback
$25.88

WORK IS IN FRENCH This book is a reproduction of a work published before 1920 and is part of a collection of books...  Read More >>

Case Against the Science of Climate Change: (Pamphlet)

Case Against the Science of Climate Change: (Pamphlet)...

Author: Michael A Ioffe B Sc
ISBN: 9781470137335
Format: Paperback
$26.40

This book is a pamphlet about today science of climate change. It has author's opinion about mistakes in science...  Read More >>

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