Natural disasters books

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The Forgotten Storm: The Great Tri-State Tornado of 1925

The Forgotten Storm: The Great Tri-State Tornado of...

Author: Wallace Akin
ISBN: 9781592283125
Format: Paperback
$26.95

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Storm Surge

Storm Surge

Author: William Sargent
ISBN: 9781584654063
Format: Paperback
$39.47

A compelling tale of a natural disaster and its effects on a small New England community, now back in print  Read More >>

Avalanche Handbook

Avalanche Handbook

Author: Ronald I Perla ,  M Martinelli, Jr
ISBN: 9781410215499
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938

Sudden Sea: The Great Hurricane of 1938

Author: R. A Scotti
ISBN: 9780316832113
Format: Paperback
$39.47

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Confronting Catastrophe: A GIS Handbook

Confronting Catastrophe: A GIS Handbook

Author: R W Greene
ISBN: 9781589480407
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Showing how geographic information systems (GIS) technology can provide crucial and timely information and analysis...  Read More >>

Hurricane Camille: Monster Storm of the Gulf Coast

Hurricane Camille: Monster Storm of the Gulf Coast

Author: Philip D. Hearn
ISBN: 9781578066551
Format: Hardback
$73.92

On August 17, 1969, Hurricane Camille roared out of the Gulf of Mexico and smashed into Mississippi's twenty-six...  Read More >>

Humanitarian Decade, The: Challenges for Humanitarian Assistance in the Last Decade and into the Future, Volumes 1 and 2

Humanitarian Decade, The: Challenges for Humanitarian...

Author: United Nations
ISBN: 9789211302295
Format: Paperback
$30.95

This two volume set reviews the work of the United Nations in the area of humanitarian assistance on the Tenth anniversary...  Read More >>

Erdbeben: Eine Einfuhrung Fur Geowissenschaftler Und Bauingenieure

Erdbeben: Eine Einfuhrung Fur Geowissenschaftler Und...

Author: Gatz Schneider ,  Gotz Schneider
ISBN: 9783827415257
Format: Paperback
$211.07

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Wildfires: Issues & Consequences

Wildfires: Issues & Consequences

Author: Serge P Shohov
ISBN: 9781590339930
Format: Hardback
$276.84

The 2000 and 2002 fire seasons were, by most standards, among the worst in the past. Many argue that the threat...  Read More >>

Book of Fire

Book of Fire

Author: William H Cottrell
ISBN: 9780878424917
Format: Paperback
$36.96

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Fire Mountain: How One Man Survived the World's Worst Volcanic Disaster

Fire Mountain: How One Man Survived the World's Worst...

Author: Peter Morgan
ISBN: 9780747568438
Format: Paperback
$23.26

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Firefly Guide to Global Hazards

Firefly Guide to Global Hazards

Author: Robert Kovach ,  Bill McGuire
ISBN: 9781552978153
Format: Paperback
$39.47

A practical and informative guide to global hazards and disasters, including all types of weather, volcanoes, earthquakes,...  Read More >>

Mapping Vulnerability: Disasters, Development and People

Mapping Vulnerability: Disasters, Development and People...

Author: Greg Bankoff ,  Dorothea Hilhorst
ISBN: 9781853839641
Format: Paperback
$101.00

Analyses 'vulnerability' as a concept central to the way we understand disasters and their magnitude and impact....  Read More >>

Mapping Vulnerability: Disasters, Development and People

Mapping Vulnerability: Disasters, Development and People...

Author: Greg Bankoff ,  Dorothea Hilhorst
ISBN: 9781853839634
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Raging floods, massive storms and cataclysmic earthquakes: every year up to 340 million people are affected by these...  Read More >>

Studies of Cave Sediments: Physical and Chemical Records of Paleoclimate

Studies of Cave Sediments: Physical and Chemical Records...

Author: Ira D. Sasowsky (Dept. Of Geology, University of Akron, OH, USA) ,  John Mylorie (Geoscience, Mississippi State University, USA)
ISBN: 9780306478277
Format: Hardback
$472.56

Suitable for geoscience researchers and students with interests in climate change, paleohydrology, and sedimentology,...  Read More >>

Fire Story - Vellecito Burning: A Personal Account of the 2002 Missionary Ridge Fire

Fire Story - Vellecito Burning: A Personal Account of...

Author: Bob Thompson
ISBN: 9781414040004
Format: Paperback
$97.02

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Hurricane Camille

Hurricane Camille

Author: Philip D Hearn
ISBN: 9781283707350
Format: Electronic book text
$165.00

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At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters

At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and...

Author: Piers Blaikie ,  Terry Cannon
ISBN: 9780415252164
Format: Paperback
$105.00

The term ""natural disaster'"" is often used to refer to natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes or floods....  Read More >>

At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters

At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and...

Author: Piers Blaikie ,  Terry Cannon
ISBN: 9780415252157
Format: Hardback
$336.00

""At Risk"" argues that extreme natural events are not disasters until a vulnerable group of people is exposed....  Read More >>

The Katrina Papers: A Journal of Trauma and Recovery

The Katrina Papers: A Journal of Trauma and Recovery...

Author: Jerry W. Ward
ISBN: 9780972814331
Format: Paperback
$50.03

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Landscape and Building Design for Bushfire Areas

Landscape and Building Design for Bushfire Areas

Author: Caird Ramsay ,  Lisle Rudolph
ISBN: 9780643069046
Format: Paperback
$94.91

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Blizzard 1949

Blizzard 1949

Author: Roy V Alleman
ISBN: 9780974620602
Format: Paperback
$36.83

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