Natural disasters books

The harrowing true story of an inexperienced crew member on a ship that sailed into the perfect storm. Nelson Simon...  Read More >>

Post-Disaster and Post-Conflict Tourism: Toward a New Management Approach explores the research and suggests new...  Read More >>

The book, after two introductory chapters on seismic design principles and structural seismic analysis methods,...  Read More >>

This book considers the challenges of building disaster resilience in South Asia – a region that frequently experiences...  Read More >>

This book presents key principles of the hydraulics of river basins, with a unique focus on the interplay between...  Read More >>

China, where COVID-19 started, has developed and utilized different types of technologies, including both traditional...  Read More >>

In this insightful book, an underwater archaeologist and survival coach shows how understanding the collapse of...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the application of geospatial technologies to study the land use land cover (LULC) dynamics,...  Read More >>

While the experiences of disaster risk reduction and climate change implementation in Southeast Asian countries...  Read More >>

The book demonstrates the geospatial technology approach to data mining techniques, data analysis, modeling, risk...  Read More >>

Guides policy makers and other stakeholders on how to scale up disaster risk reduction financing in developing member...  Read More >>

Explores the geologic background of life-changing events and the dynamic and sometimes interrelated nature, of the...  Read More >>

Presents an extended analysis of the regional risk-scape based on multidisciplinary research conducted. The publication...  Read More >>

It also offers opportunities for cities to explore urban extensions such as marine estates, aquatic food production...  Read More >>

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

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

This book describes methods used to estimate forces and deformations in structures during future earthquakes. It...  Read More >>

This book shows how the Fukushima plaintiffs have challenged narratives of safety and risk containment produced...  Read More >>

This book contains a collection of papers from the special issue on the global perspective on meteotsunami science,...  Read More >>

The Sentinel missions of the COPERNICUS Programme of the European Union, as well as other Earth Observation missions,...  Read More >>

In [this book, the author] chronicles not just the explosions, fires, floods, earthquakes, avalanches, train wrecks,...  Read More >>

This volume presents select papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical...  Read More >>

This book presents an original interdisciplinary approach to the study of the so-called ‘recovery phase’ in disaster...  Read More >>

This book comprehensively illustrates the elemental processes of vesiculation and crystallization recorded in volcanic...  Read More >>

This book highlights the current issues, challenges, and priorities for climate change adaptation in the ten member...  Read More >>