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At War with the Weather: Managing Large-Scale Risks in a New Era of Catastrophes

At War with the Weather: Managing Large-Scale Risks...
Author: Howard C. Kunreuther (Cecilia Yen Koo Professor; Professor of Decision Sciences and Business and Public Policy; Co-Directo, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania ) , Erwann O. Michel-Kerjan (Managing Director of the Risk Management and Decision Processes Center, University of Pennsylvania) ISBN: 9780262012829 Format: Hardback	$153.12
Innovative, long-term strategies for reducing vulnerability to large-scale natural disasters and for providing financial... Read More >>

Category 5: The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane

Category 5: The 1935 Labor Day Hurricane
Author: Thomas Neil Knowles ISBN: 9780813033105 Format: Hardback	$79.07
In the midst of the Great Depression, a furious storm struck the Florida Keys with devastating force. With winds... Read More >>

High Reliability Operatioons: A Practical Guide to Avoid the System Accident: A Practical Guide to Avoid the Systems Accident

High Reliability Operatioons: A Practical Guide to Avoid...
Author: Energy Department (U S ) ISBN: 9780160831447 Format: Spiral bound	$158.40
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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea...
Author: Sebastian Junger ISBN: 9780393337013 Format: Paperback	$30.35
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Decision Support for Natural Disasters and Intentional Threats to Water Security

Decision Support for Natural Disasters and Intentional...
Author: Tissa Illangasekare , Katarina Mahutova ISBN: 9789048127115 Format: Hardback	$578.16
The NATO Advanced Research Workshop, “Decision Support for Natural Disasters and Intentional Threats to Water Security”... Read More >>

Severe Accident Management Programmes for Nuclear Power Plants

Severe Accident Management Programmes for Nuclear Power...
Author: IAEA ISBN: 9789201129086 Format: Paperback	$132.00
Provides recommendations for the development of accident management programmes to prevent, and to mitigate the consequences... Read More >>

Mapping the Zone: Improving Flood Map Accuracy

Mapping the Zone: Improving Flood Map Accuracy
Author: National Research Council , Water Science and Technology Board ISBN: 9780309130578 Format: Paperback	$84.48
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Perilous Place, Powerful Storms: Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana

Perilous Place, Powerful Storms: Hurricane Protection...
Author: Craig E. Colten ISBN: 9781604732382 Format: Hardback	$105.60
The hurricane protection systems that failed New Orleans in 2005 were the product of four decades of engineering... Read More >>

Decision Support for Natural Disasters and Intentional Threats to Water Security

Decision Support for Natural Disasters and Intentional...
Author: Tissa Illangasekare , Katarina Mahutova ISBN: 9789048127122 Format: Paperback	$287.76
The NATO Advanced Research Workshop, “Decision Support for Natural Disasters and Intentional Threats to Water Security”... Read More >>

Are We Prepared?: Four WMD Crises That Could Transform U.S. Security

Are We Prepared?: Four WMD Crises That Could Transform...
Author: National Defense University (U S ) ISBN: 9780160833106 Format: Paperback	$34.32
NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT-- OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price This study... Read More >>

Disaster and Development

Disaster and Development
Author: Andrew E. Collins (Northumbria University, UK) ISBN: 9780415426671 Format: Hardback	$336.00
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Disaster and Development

Disaster and Development
Author: Andrew E. Collins (Northumbria University, UK) ISBN: 9780415426688 Format: Paperback	$96.99
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Civilian Surge: Key to Complex Operations

Civilian Surge: Key to Complex Operations
Author: Hans Binnendijk , Patrick M Cronin ISBN: 9780160831669 Format: Paperback	$76.56
NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT-- OVERSTOCK SALE -- Significantly reduced list price ""The United... Read More >>

Twenty Years of Ozone Decline: Proceedings of the Symposium for the 20th Anniversary of the Montreal Protocol

Twenty Years of Ozone Decline: Proceedings of the Symposium...
Author: Christos Zerefos , G. Contopoulos ISBN: 9789048124688 Format: Hardback	$551.76
These molecules were formed by the passage of 3 lightning through the air, created by splitting the abundant molecular... Read More >>

Holocene Extinctions

Holocene Extinctions
Author: Samuel T. Turvey (Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, UK) ISBN: 9780199535095 Format: Hardback	$160.95
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The Great Cumberland Floods: Disaster in the Queen City

The Great Cumberland Floods: Disaster in the Queen City...
Author: Albert L. Feldstein ISBN: 9781596296886 Format: Paperback	$52.77
The mountain snows melted and the rains came. In 1853, thousands fled the rising water; in 1889, two days of torrential... Read More >>

Montana Disasters: More Than 100 Years of Fires, Floods, and Other Catastrophes

Montana Disasters: More Than 100 Years of Fires, Floods,...
Author: Molly Searl , Searl Molly ISBN: 9780871089557 Format: Paperback	$50.03
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The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea

The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea...
Author: Sebastian Junger ISBN: 9781613838617 Format: Hardback	$70.09
The incredible true story of a tempest born from so rare a combination of factors it was deemed perfect and of... Read More >>

The Great Cumberland Floods: Disaster in the Queen City

The Great Cumberland Floods: Disaster in the Queen City...
Author: Albert L Feldstein ISBN: 9781540219985 Format: Hardback	$84.45
"The mountain snows melted and the rains came. In 1853, thousands fled the rising water; in 1889, two days of torrential... Read More >>

Worst-Case Scenarios

Worst-Case Scenarios
Author: Cass R. Sunstein ISBN: 9780674032514 Format: Paperback	$70.95
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Solar Activity & Forest Fires

Solar Activity & Forest Fires
Author: Milan Rodovanovic , Joao Fernando Pereira Gomes ISBN: 9781607410027 Format: Paperback	$113.52
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The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters (Dodo Press)

The Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters (Dodo...
Author: Logan Marshall , Henry Van Dyke ISBN: 9781409936220 Format: Paperback	$52.77
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The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue

The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's...
Author: Michael Tougias , Casey Sherman ISBN: 9781416567219 Format: Hardback	$66.00
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Mississippi Angels In Hurricane Katrina

Mississippi Angels In Hurricane Katrina
Author: A. P. Call , Carolina Call ISBN: 9780578019819 Format: Hardback	$42.31
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Disaster Survival Preparation - What Food and Supplies to Purchase Now for Emergency Survival - And Much More - 101 World Class Expert Facts, Hints, T

Disaster Survival Preparation - What Food and Supplies...
Author: Meredith Heath ISBN: 9781921644030 Format: Paperback	$52.77
Information is power, you know that. But, how do you research the best Survival and Emergency strategies, without... Read More >>

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