Natural disasters books

4616 books were found.

Water Security Under Climate Change

Water Security Under Climate Change

Author: Asit K. Biswas ,  Cecilia Tortajada
ISBN: 9789811654954
Format: Paperback
$181.10

This book highlights the likely impacts of climate change in terms of global and national water securities, how...  Read More >>

Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Disaster Resilience and Sustainable Development: Volume 1 - Multi-hazard Vulnerability, Climate Change and Resilience Building

Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Disaster...

Author: Indrajit Pal ,  Rajib Shaw
ISBN: 9789811947148
Format: Hardback
$465.72

This, conference proceeding, book contains invited articles and contributory papers from the 2nd International Symposium...  Read More >>

Urban Design in Seismic-Prone Regions

Urban Design in Seismic-Prone Regions

Author: Hossein Bahrainy ,  Ameneh Bakhtiar
ISBN: 9783031083204
Format: Hardback
$232.85

This book presents practical guidelines and recommendations for the design in seismic-prone regions.  Read More >>

Stopping the Rise of Sea Level

Stopping the Rise of Sea Level

Author: Wasfi Youssef
ISBN: 9780963242334
Format: Paperback
$25.85

This book presents a feasible solution that stops, or even reverses the rise of sea. This solution is to use the...  Read More >>

Monitoring Active Volcanoes: Strategies, Procedures and Techniques

Monitoring Active Volcanoes: Strategies, Procedures...

Author: Bill McGuire ,  Christopher R. J. Kilburn
ISBN: 9781032354811
Format: Hardback
$252.00

Originally published in 1995, Monitoring Active Volcanoes is a comprehensive text which addresses the importance...  Read More >>

Active Lavas: Monitoring and Modelling

Active Lavas: Monitoring and Modelling

Author: Christopher R. J. Kilburn ,  Giuseppe Luongo
ISBN: 9781032350707
Format: Hardback
$231.00

Originally published in 1993, Active Lavas looks at the practical aspects of monitoring uncontrolled streams of...  Read More >>

AutoBATS and 3D MUSIC: New Approaches to Imaging Earthquake Rupture Behaviors

AutoBATS and 3D MUSIC: New Approaches to Imaging Earthquake...

Author: Pei-Ru Jian
ISBN: 9789811655869
Format: Paperback
$388.10

This book presents the kinematic earthquake rupture studies from moment tenor to spatial-temporal rupture imaging....  Read More >>

Cajun Navy Ground Force: Citizen-Led Disaster Response

Cajun Navy Ground Force: Citizen-Led Disaster Response...

Author: Rob Gaudet
ISBN: 9781455625734
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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Tsunami: Modeling and Hazard Assessment

Tsunami: Modeling and Hazard Assessment

Author: Jonathan Keller
ISBN: 9781639895335
Format: Hardback
$406.56

A tsunami is a series of waves in a water body, usually an ocean or a lake, caused by the displacement of a large...  Read More >>

Fire Science: From Chemistry to Landscape Management

Fire Science: From Chemistry to Landscape Management...

Author: Francisco Castro Rego ,  Penelope Morgan
ISBN: 9783030698171
Format: Paperback
$142.29

This textbook provides students and academics with a conceptual understanding of fire behavior and fire effects...  Read More >>

Integrated Earthquake Simulation

Integrated Earthquake Simulation

Author: M. Hori (Japan Agency for Marine-Science and Technology) ,  T. Ichimura (University of Tokyo)
ISBN: 9780367711856
Format: Hardback
$231.00

Integrated earthquake simulation evaluates earthquake hazards and disasters by carrying out a sequence of numerical...  Read More >>

Flash Floods in Vietnam: Causes, Impacts, and Solutions

Flash Floods in Vietnam: Causes, Impacts, and Solutions...

Author: Le Huy Ba ,  Thai Van Nam
ISBN: 9783031105319
Format: Hardback
$232.85

This book discusses the threats and impacts of flash floods in Vietnam on environmental, human, and socio-economic...  Read More >>

Challenges of Disasters in Asia: Vulnerability, Adaptation and Resilience

Challenges of Disasters in Asia: Vulnerability, Adaptation...

Author: Haroon Sajjad ,  Lubna Siddiqui
ISBN: 9789811935664
Format: Hardback
$336.35

The book provides an understanding about the disaster impacts, vulnerability assessment, adaptation pathways and...  Read More >>

Severe Thunderstorm Watches and Warning

Severe Thunderstorm Watches and Warning

Author: John D Buck
ISBN: 9798354173747
Format: Paperback
$21.09

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Recent Advances in Earthquake Engineering: Select Proceedings of VCDRR 2021

Recent Advances in Earthquake Engineering: Select Proceedings...

Author: Sreevalsa Kolathayar ,  Siau Chen Chian
ISBN: 9789811646195
Format: Paperback
$517.47

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

Water Resources Management and Reservoir Operation: Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering

Water Resources Management and Reservoir Operation:...

Author: Ramakar Jha ,  Vijay P. Singh
ISBN: 9783030794026
Format: Paperback
$413.97

This book explores many recent techniques including ANN, fuzzy logic, hydraulic models and IWRM utilized for integrated...  Read More >>

Hurricanes: Is Mother Nature the Enemy? Crucial things to know about hurricanes

Hurricanes: Is Mother Nature the Enemy? Crucial things...

Author: Melvyn Peterson
ISBN: 9798359633277
Format: Paperback
$26.37

Man has seemingly been in a struggle to dominate nature and control our environment but it is human ego to think...  Read More >>

5th World Congress on Disaster Management: Volume I

5th World Congress on Disaster Management: Volume I...

Author: S. Ananda Babu
ISBN: 9781032355429
Format: Hardback
$315.00

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Prediction and Monitoring of Tropical Cyclones

Prediction and Monitoring of Tropical Cyclones

Author: Igor Fuller
ISBN: 9781639894338
Format: Hardback
$396.00

Tropical cyclones are rapidly rotating storm systems which form almost exclusively over tropical seas. They have...  Read More >>

Tsunamis and Hurricanes: Effects and Mitigation

Tsunamis and Hurricanes: Effects and Mitigation

Author: Lily Hill
ISBN: 9781639875412
Format: Hardback
$411.81

A series of enormous ocean waves due to displacement of a large volume of water, generally in seas or oceans, is...  Read More >>

Happenings in Nigeria: Flooding in Nigeria and How Many Are Being Rendered Homeless

Happenings in Nigeria: Flooding in Nigeria and How Many...

Author: Edwin C
ISBN: 9798359316705
Format: Paperback
$26.37

As local authorities scramble to save hundreds of thousands of people being evacuated from their waterlogged homes,...  Read More >>

Handbook on Climate Change and Disasters

Handbook on Climate Change and Disasters

Author: Rajib Shaw
ISBN: 9781800371606
Format: Hardback
$659.81

This comprehensive Handbook assesses the escalation of global natural disasters as a result of climate change. Examining...  Read More >>

Community Resilience When Disaster Strikes: Security and Community Health in UK Flood Zones

Community Resilience When Disaster Strikes: Security...

Author: Sonny S. Patel
ISBN: 9783031079917
Format: Hardback
$232.85

This book addresses the operationalization of community resilience in the United Kingdom (UK) in connection with...  Read More >>

Virginia Shipwrecks

Virginia Shipwrecks

Author: Alpheus J Chewning
ISBN: 9781467108096
Format: Paperback
$63.33

Virginia has more shipwrecks than any other state in the continental United States. With 112 miles of Atlantic...  Read More >>

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