Natural disasters books

This book is part of a six-volume series on Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience. The series aims to fill in gaps...  Read More >>

Illustrated poetry and short stories commemorate the 1950 Orara River flood at Glenreagh, NSW, with tales of heroism,...  Read More >>

Outlines why post-disaster needs assessments (PDNA) should provide comprehensive details of the economic and social...  Read More >>

This book can enhance their understanding of rainfall-induced landslides, help them analyze a specific problem,...  Read More >>

This book offers an appraisal method to capture the total economic costs of flooding events: the Multiregional Flood...  Read More >>

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was established by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and was...  Read More >>

Security and Safety in the Era of Global Risks provides a forum for a robust theoretical and policy debate to unlock...  Read More >>

This book delves into the everyday spaces, diverse mobilities and affective potency of weather. It presents cutting...  Read More >>

This book conducts a systematic inquiry into the tragic deaths caused by natural disasters at different geographic...  Read More >>

This volume examines the impact of and responses to historic earthquakes and volcanic eruption in the Azores. Study...  Read More >>

This book addresses the ways in which the Black Summer megafires influenced the development of climate narratives...  Read More >>

This book explores the main concerns for grappling with increasing environmental disasters and examines how environmental...  Read More >>

This volume provides a summary of state of the art thinking on resilience, the different approaches, tools and methodologies...  Read More >>

Part of a mini series of Focus books on COVID-19 in Malaysia, the chapters in this book address the pandemic’s impacts...  Read More >>

Part of a mini series of Focus books on COVID-19 in Malaysia, this book addresses the pandemic’s impacts on education...  Read More >>

This book introduces emergency management of barrier lakes systematically, including theories and practices, risk...  Read More >>

Gently explores the importance of healthy fire to the plants and animals of Australia's bush.  Read More >>

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Vegetation fires are prevalent in several regions of the world, including South/ Southeast Asia (S/SEA).  Read More >>

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"""A meditative and elegiac look at a country on the brink."" --PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Bestselling author David Gessner...  Read More >>

This book is composed of eight chapters, introducing the authors’ research and application achievements in the hazard-causing...  Read More >>

This book deals with the contemporary subject of perception of risk and its influence on accidents and disasters....  Read More >>

In the tradition of Young Men and Fire and Fire on the Mountain, Stuart Palley's memoir Into the Inferno documents...  Read More >>