Natural disasters books

Johnstown is synonymous with floodwaters and steel. When the city was decimated by a flood of biblical proportions...  Read More >>

Spectacular images from Weather Photographer of the Year  Read More >>

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This open access book brings together research studies, developments, and application-related flash flood topics...  Read More >>

This open access book brings together research studies, developments, and application-related flash flood topics...  Read More >>

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

This richly illustrated book describes statistical extreme value theory for the quantification of natural hazards,...  Read More >>

The recent explosion of global and regional seismicity data in the world requires new methods of investigation of...  Read More >>

This book outlines methodologies to estimate the economic impacts of natural disasters based on business surveys...  Read More >>

Amid pandemic, racial uprisings, and climate crisis, frontline organizers and writers imagine transformative solutions...  Read More >>

From L.A. Times columnist and ESPN Around the Horn panelist Bill Plaschke, a story of tragedy, triumph, and the...  Read More >>

A photographic tribute to the courage and resilience of bushfire-affected communities and their journeys of recovery....  Read More >>

The frequency and intensity of hazards and disasters is increasing worldwide. This book provides a comprehensive...  Read More >>

This book provides one of the first systematic in-depth studies on regional catastrophe risk pools. It explores...  Read More >>

This report addresses the vulnerability to flooding, saltwater intrusion, and related issues in Southeast Florida...  Read More >>

Its purpose will be to help coastal environmental, engineering, and planning professionals to understand coastal...  Read More >>

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An essential text for today’s emerging professionals and higher education community, the third edition of Hazard...  Read More >>

As we move towards a 2C warmer world, urgent action is required to better understand and more effectively manage...  Read More >>

This focus has been magnified by the need to consider tropical cyclones in the context of other global development...  Read More >>

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

The book provides insights into community narratives concerning life in the face of creeping calamities through...  Read More >>

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

(3) shedding new light on the characteristics of the flood resources, presenting different methods of flood resources...  Read More >>

This book explores practices and approaches on pre-disaster prevention and post-disaster reconstruction for vulnerable...  Read More >>