Natural disasters books

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Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the Blizzard of 1952

Northeaster: A Story of Courage and Survival in the...

Author: Cathie Pelletier
ISBN: 9781639363414
Format: Hardback
$76.43

A vivid and gripping story of an epic Maine snowstorm that tested the very limits of human endurance. A National...  Read More >>

flood

flood

Author: Nicole Kooyman
ISBN: 9781039164420
Format: Hardback
$62.01

In November 2021, disaster struck the Sumas Prairie in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. A massive, heavy rainfall...  Read More >>

Superstorm 1950: The Greatest Simultaneous Blizzard, Ice Storm, Windstorm, and Cold Outbreak of the Twentieth Century

Superstorm 1950: The Greatest Simultaneous Blizzard,...

Author: David A. Call
ISBN: 9781612497969
Format: Hardback
$169.40

In November 1950, the greatest storm of the twentieth century crippled the eastern United States, affecting more...  Read More >>

The Winter Storm: ARKANSAS: Everything about the winter storm and weather forecast in Arkansas

The Winter Storm: ARKANSAS: Everything about the winter...

Author: Janet D
ISBN: 9798374984743
Format: Paperback
$23.73

Major winter storms hit Arkansas almost every year. People, animals, and communities may all suffer significantly...  Read More >>

Pianeta Madre in Fiamme: Vivere Sotto l'Aumento Della Temperatura

Pianeta Madre in Fiamme: Vivere Sotto l'Aumento Della...

Author: Jimmy Roth
ISBN: 9798378838349
Format: Paperback
$79.86

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Mère Planète Terre Brûlant: Vivre Sous la Hausse des Températures

Mère Planète Terre Brûlant: Vivre Sous la Hausse des...

Author: Jimmy Roth
ISBN: 9798378687879
Format: Paperback
$79.86

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Mother Planet Earth Burning: Living Under Rising Temperature

Mother Planet Earth Burning: Living Under Rising Temperature...

Author: Jimmy Roth
ISBN: 9798378564866
Format: Paperback
$79.86

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Advances in Soil Liquefaction Engineering

Advances in Soil Liquefaction Engineering

Author: Yoshimichi Tsukamoto ,  Kenji Ishihara
ISBN: 9789811554810
Format: Paperback
$284.60

This book describes recent developments in soil liquefaction engineering and introduces more appropriate procedures...  Read More >>

Atlas of Karst Collapses

Atlas of Karst Collapses

Author: Mingtang Lei ,  Wanfang Zhou
ISBN: 9783030929145
Format: Paperback
$517.47

This book comprehensively documents the various types of karst collapse and related conceptual site models, before...  Read More >>

Don't Tell the Boss!: How Poor Communication on Risks within Organizations Causes Major Catastrophes

Don't Tell the Boss!: How Poor Communication on Risks...

Author: Dmitry Chernov ,  Didier Sornette
ISBN: 9783031052057
Format: Hardback
$98.30

After a major disaster, when investigators are piecing together the story of what happened, a striking fact often...  Read More >>

Geospatial Technology for Landscape and Environmental Management: Sustainable Assessment and Planning

Geospatial Technology for Landscape and Environmental...

Author: Praveen Kumar Rai ,  Varun Narayan Mishra
ISBN: 9789811673757
Format: Paperback
$362.22

Geospatial technology is a combination of state-of-the-art remote sensing and technology for geographic information...  Read More >>

Turkey Earthquake: Death toll rises as search and rescue continues

Turkey Earthquake: Death toll rises as search and rescue...

Author: O Winter Morgan
ISBN: 9798376779514
Format: Paperback
$21.09

This book will teach you about Earthquake and to escape earthquake. it will also teach you the survival mission...  Read More >>

The Global Earthquake Crisis: A Look at Recent Earthquakes and Their Impacts

The Global Earthquake Crisis: A Look at Recent Earthquakes...

Author: Herbert I Brown
ISBN: 9798376801000
Format: Paperback
$31.65

"The Global Earthquake Crisis: A Look at Recent Earthquakes and Their Impacts"" is a comprehensive and thought-provoking...  Read More >>

Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume 1 Issue 1, 2022

Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume...

Author: Kyoji Sassa ,  Kazuo Konagai
ISBN: 9783031168970
Format: Hardback
$116.41

This open access book provides an overview of the progress in landslide research and technology and is part of a...  Read More >>

Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume 1 Issue 2, 2022

Progress in Landslide Research and Technology, Volume...

Author: Irasema Alcántara-Ayala ,  Željko Arbanas
ISBN: 9783031184703
Format: Hardback
$116.41

This open access book provides an overview of the progress in landslide research and technology and is part of a...  Read More >>

The Devastation of the Turkey-Syria Earthquake: A Story of Loss and Resilience

The Devastation of the Turkey-Syria Earthquake: A Story...

Author: Amber J
ISBN: 9798376600504
Format: Paperback
$34.29

"""The Devastation of the Turkey-Syria Earthquake"" is a comprehensive account of the catastrophic earthquake that...  Read More >>

The Invention of Disaster: Power and Knowledge in Discourses on Hazard and Vulnerability

The Invention of Disaster: Power and Knowledge in Discourses...

Author: JC Gaillard (University of Auckland, NZ.)
ISBN: 9781032162720
Format: Paperback
$79.99

This book argues that the domination of Western knowledge in disaster scholarship has allowed for normative policies...  Read More >>

Coast Guard Miracles of New Orleans

Coast Guard Miracles of New Orleans

Author: Robert Mueller
ISBN: 9781455626960
Format: Paperback
$63.23

With disaster preparedness of paramount importance, it's time to take a deeper look at what went very right before,...  Read More >>

Extreme Survival: Lessons from Those Who Have Triumphed Against All Odds (Survival Stories, True Stories)

Extreme Survival: Lessons from Those Who Have Triumphed...

Author: Michael Tougias
ISBN: 9781684810611
Format: Paperback
$33.99

To answer the question of why disasters happen and how some survive, Tougias interviewed over 100 people who survived...  Read More >>

Impact of Climate Change, Land Use and Land Cover, and Socio-economic Dynamics on Landslides

Impact of Climate Change, Land Use and Land Cover, and...

Author: Raju Sarkar ,  Rajib Shaw
ISBN: 9789811673160
Format: Paperback
$336.35

This book discusses the impact of climate change, land use and land cover, and socio-economic dynamics on landslides...  Read More >>

San Francisco's 2023 Flood Disaster: A Wake-up Call

San Francisco's 2023 Flood Disaster: A Wake-up Call...

Author: Dr Livia Marshall
ISBN: 9798372569737
Format: Paperback
$21.09

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Homeowners and the Resilient City: Climate-Driven Natural Hazards and Private Land

Homeowners and the Resilient City: Climate-Driven Natural...

Author: Thomas Thaler ,  Thomas Hartmann
ISBN: 9783031177620
Format: Hardback
$310.47

This book provides an important overview of how climate-driven natural hazards like river or pluvial floods, droughts,...  Read More >>

Coastal Environments of India: A Coastal West Bengal Perspective

Coastal Environments of India: A Coastal West Bengal...

Author: Gautam Kumar Das
ISBN: 9783031188459
Format: Hardback
$310.47

This book is the result of comprehensive research work on the various aspects of the West Bengal coast including...  Read More >>

Wildlife Risks and Managemnet

Wildlife Risks and Managemnet

Author: Victoria Garcia ,  Damian O`kelly
ISBN: 9781787151109
Format: Hardback
$454.05

This book is focused on the implementation of recent techniques and methodologies to promote wildfire knowledge,...  Read More >>

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