Natural disasters books

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Introduction to Emergency Management

Introduction to Emergency Management

Author: George Haddow (Principal, Bullock & Haddow LLC, Senior Fellow, Disaster Resilience Leadership Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA) ,  Jane Bullock (President, Bullock and Haddow LLC, Reston, VA, USA)
ISBN: 9780443237010
Format: Paperback
$277.20

Offers an analysis of US emergency management principles. This title gives instructors and students the best textbook...  Read More >>

Burn Scars: A Documentary History of Fire Suppression, from Colonial Origins to the Resurgence of Cultural Burning

Burn Scars: A Documentary History of Fire Suppression,...

Author: Char Miller
ISBN: 9781962645201
Format: Paperback
$92.27

The first documentary history of wildfire management in the US, this book probes the long efforts to suppress fire,...  Read More >>

Fighting With FEMA: A Practical Regulations Handbook

Fighting With FEMA: A Practical Regulations Handbook...

Author: Michael Martinet
ISBN: 9781032770338
Format: Hardback
$194.00

Fighting with FEMA covers the practical, real-world key principles necessary to successfully navigate the nuances...  Read More >>

Flood Forecasting: A Global Perspective

Flood Forecasting: A Global Perspective

Author: Thomas E. Adams (Senior Hydrometeorological Hazard Advisor, USAID, Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance, Lebanon, OH, USA) ,  Chandana Gangodagamage, Ph.D. (Research Scientist, NASA Goddard, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA)
ISBN: 9780443140099
Format: Paperback
$396.00

Flood Forecasting: A Global Perspective, Second Edition covers hydrologic forecasting systems on both a national...  Read More >>

Weather Wise: Understanding Forecasts and Climate Patterns

Weather Wise: Understanding Forecasts and Climate Patterns...

Author: Leonard Crimson
ISBN: 9798330421459
Format: Paperback
$31.65

Whether you're a curious beginner or a weather enthusiast, this book provides the knowledge you need to appreciate...  Read More >>

Making a Place for the Future in Maya Guatemala: Natural Disaster and Sociocultural Change in Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán

Making a Place for the Future in Maya Guatemala: Natural...

Author: John P. Hawkins ,  Walter Randolph Adams
ISBN: 9780826366603
Format: Hardback
$198.00

In 1998, Hurricane Mitch pounded the isolated village of Santa Catarina Ixtahuacán in mountainous western Guatemala,...  Read More >>

Disaster Memorials and Monuments: History, Context and Practice from around the World

Disaster Memorials and Monuments: History, Context and...

Author: Kjell Brataas (Brataas Crisis Communication, Norway)
ISBN: 9781032523323
Format: Paperback
$120.00

In Disaster Memorials and Monuments: History, Context and Practice from around the World, disaster management expert...  Read More >>

After the Floods: The Search for Resilience in Ellicott City

After the Floods: The Search for Resilience in Ellicott...

Author: Ken Conca (Professor of Environment, Development, and Health, Professor of Environment, Development, and Health, American University)
ISBN: 9780197788073
Format: Paperback
$50.95

One small town, two ""thousand-year floods"" in the span of two years: how does a community become resilient in...  Read More >>

Disaster Memorials and Monuments: History, Context and Practice from around the World

Disaster Memorials and Monuments: History, Context and...

Author: Kjell Brataas (Brataas Crisis Communication, Norway)
ISBN: 9781032523347
Format: Hardback
$294.00

In Disaster Memorials and Monuments: History, Context and Practice from around the World, disaster management expert...  Read More >>

Citizens' Observatories on Geohazards: Lessons from Five Pilots

Citizens' Observatories on Geohazards: Lessons from...

Author: Rui Carrilho Gomes ,  Vítor Correia
ISBN: 9783031533730
Format: Paperback
$131.97

This open access book shows how citizens' involvement in geohazard risks prevention can strengthen regional and...  Read More >>

Agency in Poverty and War: Consciousness in Rural Human Development

Agency in Poverty and War: Consciousness in Rural Human...

Author: Vivianna Rodriguez Carreon
ISBN: 9781032586526
Format: Hardback
$273.00

This book examines how people's self-awareness is affected by both internal and external factors amid war and poverty....  Read More >>

Basic Income for Disasters and Climate Change in Africa: Agrarian Risk Reduction and Adaptation

Basic Income for Disasters and Climate Change in Africa:...

Author: Sara Bernardo
ISBN: 9781032796109
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book considers how basic income could be used as a mechanism for disaster risk reduction and climate change...  Read More >>

Eco-Teen Films

Eco-Teen Films

Author: Robin L. Murray (Eastern Illinois University, USA) ,  Joseph K. Heumann (Eastern Illinois University, USA)
ISBN: 9781032775111
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Illuminating the impacts of environmental disasters and climate crises globally, this book examines the experiences...  Read More >>

Listening to the Voices of the Dead: The 3-11 Tohoku Disaster Speaks

Listening to the Voices of the Dead: The 3-11 Tohoku...

Author: Jun'ichi Isomae ,  Lynne E. Riggs
ISBN: 9780472057078
Format: Paperback
$105.60

An account of the author’s search for disquieted voices of the dead in the wake of the March 11, 2011, T?hoku Disaster...  Read More >>

Max: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones

Max: Through My Eyes - Australian Disaster Zones

Author: Prue Mason ,  Lyn White
ISBN: 9781760877033
Format: Paperback
$18.99

A suspenseful story of survival and resilience inspired by the 2022 Brisbane floods.  Read More >>

Listening to the Voices of the Dead: The 3-11 Tohoku Disaster Speaks

Listening to the Voices of the Dead: The 3-11 Tohoku...

Author: Jun'ichi Isomae ,  Lynne E. Riggs
ISBN: 9780472077076
Format: Hardback
$184.80

An account of the author’s search for disquieted voices of the dead in the wake of the March 11, 2011, T?hoku Disaster...  Read More >>

Climate Change Adaptation in the Adriatic Coastal Areas: From European Strategies to Local Actions

Climate Change Adaptation in the Adriatic Coastal Areas:...

Author: Eleonora Gioia
ISBN: 9789819766543
Format: Hardback
$422.37

This book presents the best practices necessary to embed climate change adaptation in the planning processes among...  Read More >>

Of Risks and Normative Responses: Unleashing the Potential of Disaster Risk Reduction in Relation to Natural Hazards

Of Risks and Normative Responses: Unleashing the Potential...

Author: Christina Anikó Simmig
ISBN: 9783031411069
Format: Paperback
$448.77

Disaster losses in the context of natural hazards continue to rise, despite a growing understanding of disaster...  Read More >>

Engineering Geology for a Habitable Earth: IAEG XIV Congress 2023 Proceedings, Chengdu, China: Volume 6: Marine and Deep Earth Engineering Geology

Engineering Geology for a Habitable Earth: IAEG XIV...

Author: Sijing Wang ,  Runqiu Huang
ISBN: 9789819990726
Format: Hardback
$475.17

This book collects the selected papers of the XIV Congress of the International Association for Engineering Geology...  Read More >>

California Catastrophes: The Natural Disaster History of the Golden State

California Catastrophes: The Natural Disaster History...

Author: Gary Griggs
ISBN: 9780520402089
Format: Hardback
$157.95

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Surface, Sub-Surface Hydrology and Management: Application of Geospatial and Geostatistical Techniques

Surface, Sub-Surface Hydrology and Management: Application...

Author: Subodh Chandra Pal ,  Uday Chatterjee
ISBN: 9783031623752
Format: Hardback
$475.17

The book is a research of the surface and subsurface hydrological processes as a result of over-exploitation for...  Read More >>

Lawinen: Entstehung, Auswirkungen und Vorkehrungen

Lawinen: Entstehung, Auswirkungen und Vorkehrungen

Author: Peter Höller
ISBN: 9783662688335
Format: Paperback
$105.57

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Engineering Geology for a Habitable Earth: IAEG XIV Congress 2023 Proceedings, Chengdu, China: Volume 1: Engineering Geomechanics of Rock and Soil Masses

Engineering Geology for a Habitable Earth: IAEG XIV...

Author: Sijing Wang ,  Runqiu Huang
ISBN: 9789819990566
Format: Hardback
$475.17

This book collects the selected papers of the XIV Congress of the International Association for Engineering Geology...  Read More >>

Lived Experiences of Resilience in Disaster: Riding the Waves of Survival and Making Meaning

Lived Experiences of Resilience in Disaster: Riding...

Author: Theresia Citraningtyas (Krida Wacana Christian University, Indonesia)
ISBN: 9781032660820
Format: Hardback
$103.00

Capturing new waves of thought on resilience and recovery, Citraningtyas explores how people survive and make meaning...  Read More >>

Climate Change, Resilience and Cultural Heritage: In-Between International Debates and Practical Encounters

Climate Change, Resilience and Cultural Heritage: In-Between...

Author: Mehrnaz Rajabi
ISBN: 9783031612411
Format: Paperback
$145.17

This book showcases the cross-disciplinary and “systemic” relationships among climate change, resilience, and cultural...  Read More >>

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