Natural disasters books

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VOLCANOES The Beauty and Danger of Nature in Eruption

VOLCANOES The Beauty and Danger of Nature in Eruption...

Author: Ary S, Jr
ISBN: 9798215672280
Format: Paperback
$23.73

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VOLCANES La Belleza y el Peligro de la Naturaleza en Erupción

VOLCANES La Belleza y el Peligro de la Naturaleza en...

Author: Ary S, Jr
ISBN: 9798215784242
Format: Paperback
$23.73

"El libro ""Volcanes: "" La Belleza y el Peligro de la Naturaleza en Erupción es una jornada fascinante pela história,...  Read More >>

Rethinking American Disasters

Rethinking American Disasters

Author: Cynthia A. Kierner ,  Matthew Mulcahy
ISBN: 9780807179932
Format: Paperback
$92.27

A groundbreaking collection of essays on hurricanes, earthquakes, fires, and other calamities in the United States...  Read More >>

Coastal Disaster Risk Management in Bangladesh: Vulnerability and Resilience

Coastal Disaster Risk Management in Bangladesh: Vulnerability...

Author: Mahbuba Nasreen ,  Khondoker Mokaddem Hossain
ISBN: 9781032182230
Format: Paperback
$75.99

This book addresses disaster and disaster risk reduction (DRR) practices, constraints and capacity in the context...  Read More >>

When the Mountains Dance: Love, loss and hope in the heart of Italy

When the Mountains Dance: Love, loss and hope in the...

Author: Christine Toomey
ISBN: 9781474614641
Format: Paperback
$32.99

A memoir set in rural Italy, and a journey through history about a series of earthquakes that devastated the region...  Read More >>

Coastal Disaster Risk Management in Bangladesh: Vulnerability and Resilience

Coastal Disaster Risk Management in Bangladesh: Vulnerability...

Author: Mahbuba Nasreen ,  Khondoker Mokaddem Hossain
ISBN: 9781032182216
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This book addresses disaster and disaster risk reduction (DRR) practices, constraints and capacity in the context...  Read More >>

The Iran Hypothesis

The Iran Hypothesis

Author: Anthony Of Boston
ISBN: 9798215170694
Format: Paperback
$70.09

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When the Mountains Dance: Love, loss and hope in the heart of Italy

When the Mountains Dance: Love, loss and hope in the...

Author: Christine Toomey
ISBN: 9781474614634
Format: Hardback
$49.99

A memoir set in rural Italy, and a journey through history about a series of earthquakes that devastated the region...  Read More >>

Local Adaptation to Climate Change in South India: Challenges and the Future in the Tsunami-hit Coastal Regions

Local Adaptation to Climate Change in South India: Challenges...

Author: Devendraraj Madhanagopal (Xavier University, India)
ISBN: 9781032035116
Format: Hardback
$263.00

This book critically discusses the vulnerabilities and local adaptation actions of the traditional marine fishers...  Read More >>

Anthropology and Disaster in Japan: Cultural Contributions to Recovery after the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami

Anthropology and Disaster in Japan: Cultural Contributions...

Author: Hiroki Takakura
ISBN: 9781032372396
Format: Hardback
$96.99

This book focuses on the 3.11 disaster in Japan, involving a powerful earthquake and tsunami, from an anthropological...  Read More >>

Engineering for Extremes: Decision-Making in an Uncertain World

Engineering for Extremes: Decision-Making in an Uncertain...

Author: Mark G. Stewart ,  David V. Rosowsky
ISBN: 9783030850203
Format: Paperback
$388.10

The volume explains how risk and decision-making analytics can be applied to the wicked problem of protecting infrastructure...  Read More >>

Estar Preparado Ahora

Estar Preparado Ahora

Author: Wilfredo Díaz Negrón
ISBN: 9798391827108
Format: Paperback
$52.77

Estar preparado ahora es un manual completo que ofrece consejos prácticos sobre cómo las personas y las familias...  Read More >>

Coastal Geology

Coastal Geology

Author: Juan A. Morales
ISBN: 9783030961237
Format: Paperback
$206.97

This textbook shows all the existing knowledge about coastal geology and its implications for coastal management....  Read More >>

Flooded in Fort Lauderdale: Comprehensively Understanding the Causes, Impacts and Solutions

Flooded in Fort Lauderdale: Comprehensively Understanding...

Author: Angela Peters
ISBN: 9798391351009
Format: Paperback
$29.04

"Welcome to ""FLOODED IN LAUDERDALE: Comprehensively Understanding the Causes, Impacts and Solutions"" This book...  Read More >>

Guidelines for Probabilistic Performance-Based Seismic Design and Assessment of Slope Engineering

Guidelines for Probabilistic Performance-Based Seismic...

Author: Yu Huang ,  Min Xiong
ISBN: 9789811991820
Format: Hardback
$310.47

This book provides a new design and evaluation framework based on slope Stochastic Dynamics theory to probabilistic...  Read More >>

The Power of the Story: Writing Disasters in Haiti and the Circum-Caribbean

The Power of the Story: Writing Disasters in Haiti and...

Author: Vincent Joos ,  Martin Munro
ISBN: 9781800739567
Format: Hardback
$256.16

A cross-disciplinary volume that combines and puts into dialogue perspectives on disasters, this book includes contributions...  Read More >>

Sensing Disaster: Local Knowledge and Vulnerability in Oceania

Sensing Disaster: Local Knowledge and Vulnerability...

Author: Dr. Matthew Lauer
ISBN: 9780520392076
Format: Paperback
$49.95

In 2007, a three-story-high tsunami slammed the small island of Simbo in the western Solomon Islands. Drawing on...  Read More >>

Sensing Disaster: Local Knowledge and Vulnerability in Oceania

Sensing Disaster: Local Knowledge and Vulnerability...

Author: Dr. Matthew Lauer
ISBN: 9780520392052
Format: Hardback
$157.95

In 2007, a three-story-high tsunami slammed the small island of Simbo in the western Solomon Islands. Drawing on...  Read More >>

A System Engineering Approach to Disaster Resilience: Select Proceedings of VCDRR 2021

A System Engineering Approach to Disaster Resilience:...

Author: Chandan Ghosh ,  Sreevalsa Kolathayar
ISBN: 9789811673993
Format: Paperback
$517.47

This book presents the select proceedings of the Virtual Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (VCDRR 2021). Various...  Read More >>

El Niño Ready Nations and Disaster Risk Reduction: 19 Countries in Perspective

El Niño Ready Nations and Disaster Risk Reduction: 19...

Author: Michael H. Glantz
ISBN: 9783030865054
Format: Paperback
$258.72

Furthermore, aspects from other disciplines, for example from social sciences have been drawn upon in order to cover...  Read More >>

Landslides: Detection, Prediction and Monitoring: Technological Developments

Landslides: Detection, Prediction and Monitoring: Technological...

Author: P. Thambidurai ,  T. N. Singh
ISBN: 9783031238581
Format: Hardback
$284.60

This book intends to decipher the knowledge in the advancement of understanding, detecting, predicting, and monitoring...  Read More >>

The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

Author: Professor Peter Frankopan
ISBN: 9781526622563
Format: Hardback
$59.99

THE TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023 A BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK FOR THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE, GUARDIAN,...  Read More >>

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