Natural disasters books

This book presents an overview of volcanic debris avalanche deposits, which are produced by partial volcanic edifice...  Read More >>

South Florida continues to attract new residents despite its susceptibility to sea-level rise. This book explores...  Read More >>

International society led by the United Nations has been working to improve and standardize every country's post-disaster...  Read More >>

From 1966 to 1976, four large earthquakes shook the Bohai Bay rift basin of Northeast China. This prompted the Chinese...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1984 Natural Disasters questions whether the rich nations’ usual response to disaster is...  Read More >>

The study of Orissa Famine of 1866 highlights the fact that most famines are the result of policy failures and,...  Read More >>

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Sailing on the Chesapeake Bay's myriad inlets in summer, it is hard to imagine that, come January, icebreakers may...  Read More >>

This book explains how water, electricity/power, roads and other infrastructure services are linked together within...  Read More >>

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The drama of New Zealand's changeable weather. Are the events we are seeing due to our changing climate? A compelling,...  Read More >>

Hurricanes have been a constant in the history of New Orleans. Since before its settlement as a French colony in...  Read More >>

This volume throws light on the applications of remote sensing, GIS (Geographical Information System) and SRTM data...  Read More >>

This open access edited volume critically examines a coherence building opportunity between Climate Change Adaptation,...  Read More >>

A detailed introduction to what is known and unknown about wildfire spread and its behaviours.  Read More >>

This open access edited volume critically examines a coherence building opportunity between Climate Change Adaptation,...  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 summarizes the achievements and experience of the Yangtze River rehabilitation and protection, analyzes...  Read More >>

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

This book is of paramount importance in the fields of engineering and applied sciences, given that through the values...  Read More >>

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It is put together in a way that not only engineers who are on the front line of maintenance and management but...  Read More >>

Landslide Hazards, Risks and Disasters Second Edition makes a broad but detailed examination of major aspects of...  Read More >>

A crisis urban survival guide & planner: How to (relatively sanely) survive & manage a crisis. Leading security...  Read More >>

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