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The Hidden Costs of Coastal Hazards: Implications For Risk Assessment And Mitigation

The Hidden Costs of Coastal Hazards: Implications For...
Author: Economics, and the Environment The H. John Heinz III Center for Science , Gilbert F. White ISBN: 9781559637565 Format: Paperback	$79.20
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The Breakdown of Climate: Human Choices or Global Disaster?

The Breakdown of Climate: Human Choices or Global Disaster?...
Author: Peter Bunyard ISBN: 9780863152962 Format: Paperback	$79.20
Gives a clear overall picture of climate and demonstrates how human activities have influenced weather patterns... Read More >>

Naturkatastrophen in der Antike: Wahrnehmung - Deutung - Management

Naturkatastrophen in der Antike: Wahrnehmung - Deutung...
Author: Holger Sonnabend ISBN: 9783476015488 Format: Hardback	$100.29
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Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster

Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of...
Author: Mike Davis ISBN: 9780375706073 Format: Paperback	$42.11
A glimpse into the history of disaster in Los Angeles--both natural and man-made, real and fictional--documents... Read More >>

Hurricanes of the North Atlantic: Climate and Society

Hurricanes of the North Atlantic: Climate and Society...
Author: James B. Elsner (Associate Professor of Meteorology, Associate Professor of Meteorology, Florida State University, USA) , A. Birol Kara (United States Naval Research Laboratory, Army Ammunization Plant, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Army Ammunization Plant, NASA Stennis Space Center, USA) ISBN: 9780195125085 Format: Hardback	$266.00
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Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane...
Author: Erik Larson ISBN: 9780609602331 Format: Hardback	$68.51
The large audience that drove ""The Perfect Storm"" high on national bestseller lists is sure to welcome this superb... Read More >>

Living with the Unexpected: Linking Disaster Recovery to Sustainable Development in Montserrat

Living with the Unexpected: Linking Disaster Recovery...
Author: A.K. Possekel , I. Adams ISBN: 9783540657095 Format: Hardback	$498.96
This study deals with complexity and uncertainty, focusing on methods that enable communities to cope with natural... Read More >>

Dreadful Visitations: Confronting Natural Catastrophe in the Age of Enlightenment

Dreadful Visitations: Confronting Natural Catastrophe...
Author: Alessa Johns ISBN: 9780415921763 Format: Paperback	$83.99
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Dreadful Visitations: Confronting Natural Catastrophe in the Age of Enlightenment

Dreadful Visitations: Confronting Natural Catastrophe...
Author: Alessa Johns ISBN: 9780415921756 Format: Hardback	$294.00
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Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards in the United States

Disasters by Design: A Reassessment of Natural Hazards...
Author: Dennis Mileti , Joseph Henry Press ISBN: 9780309261739 Format: Paperback	$131.87
Disasters by Design provides an alternative and sustainable way to view, study, and manage hazards in the United... Read More >>

The Great Peshtigo Fire: An Eyewitness Account

The Great Peshtigo Fire: An Eyewitness Account
Author: Peter Pernin ISBN: 9780870203107 Format: Paperback	$34.19
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The Impacts of Natural Disasters: A Framework for Loss Estimation

The Impacts of Natural Disasters: A Framework for Loss...
Author: Committee on Assessing the Costs of Natural Disasters , National Research Council ISBN: 9780309063944 Format: Paperback	$124.08
We in the United States have almost come to accept natural disasters as part of our nation's social fabric. News... Read More >>

The Impacts of Natural Disasters: A Framework for Loss Estimation

The Impacts of Natural Disasters: A Framework for Loss...
Author: Committee on Assessing the Costs of Natural Disasters , Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources ISBN: 9780309075107 Format: Paperback	$91.74
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Crucibles of Hazard: Mega-Cities and Disasters in Transition

Crucibles of Hazard: Mega-Cities and Disasters in Transition...
Author: James K. Mitchell ISBN: 9789280809879 Format: Paperback	$54.95
In this collaborative study of environmental risks in ten of the world's major cities, geographers, planners, and... Read More >>

Der Sturm

Der Sturm
Author: Sebastian Junger ISBN: 9783453152540 Format: Paperback	$63.23
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Understanding Vulnerability: South Asian perspectives

Understanding Vulnerability: South Asian perspectives...
Author: John Twigg , Mihir R. Bhatt ISBN: 9781853394553 Format: Paperback	$38.68
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Reducing Disaster Losses Through Better Information

Reducing Disaster Losses Through Better Information...
Author: National Academy Press , National Research Board on Natural Disasters ISBN: 9781282082069 Format: Electronic book text	$55.44
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Natural Hazards

Natural Hazards
Author: David Chapman ISBN: 9780195508093 Format: Paperback	$39.95
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Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction

Planning for Post-Disaster Recovery and Reconstruction...
Author: Robert E Deyle , Constantine Cavarnos ISBN: 9781884729256 Format: Paperback	$39.60
A lecture dealing with Lamarckian and Darwinian evolutionism that was delivered at Clark University in Worcester,... Read More >>

Chronic Care for Neglected Infectious Diseases: Leprosy/Hansen's Disease, Lymphatic Filariasis, Trachoma, and Chagas Disease

Chronic Care for Neglected Infectious Diseases: Leprosy/Hansen's...
Author: Pan American Health Organization ISBN: 9789275122501 Format: Paperback	$92.93
In 2016, PAHO's Directing Council, through Resolution CD55.R9, approved the ""Plan of Action for Elimination of... Read More >>

Earthquakes and Atmospheric Hazards: Preparedness Studies

Earthquakes and Atmospheric Hazards: Preparedness Studies...
Author: Mohammed I. El-Sabh , Srinivasan Venkatesh ISBN: 9780792350347 Format: Hardback	$261.36
This volume contains a selection of papers presented at the Sixth International Symposium on Natural and Man-Made... Read More >>

Floods: Physical Processes and Human Impacts

Floods: Physical Processes and Human Impacts
Author: Keith Smith (Emeritus, University of Stirling, UK) , Roy Ward (Emeritus, University of Hull, UK) ISBN: 9780471952480 Format: Hardback	$433.95
In developed countries, the pervasive view of floods is that science and technology have largely brought these unpredictable... Read More >>

The World at Risk: Natural Hazards and Climate Change

The World at Risk: Natural Hazards and Climate Change...
Author: Rafael L. Bras , Ronald,G. Prinn ISBN: 9781563960666 Format: Hardback	$316.80
This proceedings volume emphasizes the link between climate change and natural hazards such as droughts, flooding,... Read More >>

Geomorphological Hazards in High Mountain Areas

Geomorphological Hazards in High Mountain Areas
Author: Jan Kalvoda , Charles Rosenfeld ISBN: 9780792349617 Format: Hardback	$454.08
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Fire Effects on Ecosystems

Fire Effects on Ecosystems
Author: Leonard F. DeBano (University of Arizona, Tucson) , Daniel G. Neary (USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, Arizona) ISBN: 9780471163565 Format: Hardback	$572.95
A comprehensive exploration of the effects of fires--in forests and other environments--on soils, watersheds, vegetation,... Read More >>

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