Natural disasters books

Deals with the topic of Community Based Disaster Risk Reduction (CBDRR). This book provides an overview of the subject...  Read More >>

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The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan plunged the country into a state of crisis. As the nation struggled...  Read More >>

Covers the causes, probability and impacts of floods; the measures that can be used to manage flood risk, balancing...  Read More >>

For nearly a decade, Connors spent half the year in a 7-foot x 7-foot tower, 10,000 feet above sea level in remote...  Read More >>

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

From ABC Books' Australiana range comes GREAT AUSTRALIAN FLOOD STORIES, stories of humour, survival and courage...  Read More >>

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

In most cities today, fire has been reduced to a sporadic and isolated threat. But throughout history the constant...  Read More >>

The book contains the description of 17 computer studying programs supporting different topics of courses. All described...  Read More >>

Recent landslide events demonstrate the need to improve landslide forecasting and early warning capabilities in...  Read More >>

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Cosmogenic radionuclides are radioactive isotopes which are produced by natural processes and distributed within...  Read More >>

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This is one of the first books to focus on explicit linkages between the changing environment and disasters and...  Read More >>

Since the beginning of the new millennium, terrible earthquakes have hit different parts of the globe. These quakes...  Read More >>

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The author shows that the resulting tsunami would have the characteristics described by ancient writers, and uses...  Read More >>

Over the next three months, amid tense scenes of corporate and political finger-pointing, millions of barrels of...  Read More >>

Six major earthquakes in Latin America are used as an example: the general idea is to place disasters in a broad...  Read More >>

The world changes when you lose somebody you love...  Read More >>

Although it is believed the shelf seas are responsible for about 20% of all marine carbon dioxide uptake, while...  Read More >>

Rooted in a wealth of oral histories, this title tells the story of people who confronted the unprecedented devastation...  Read More >>

Disaster policies present a new challenge to the practitioners and students of global politics; this book explains...  Read More >>

The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making,...  Read More >>