Natural disasters books

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Declaring Disaster: Buffalo's Blizzard of '77 and the Creation of FEMA

Declaring Disaster: Buffalo's Blizzard of '77 and the...

Author: Timothy W. Kneeland
ISBN: 9780815611271
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Buffalo's 1977 blizzard, the first snowstorm to be declared a disaster in US history, came after a century of automobility,...  Read More >>

Floods Warning Systems: Method To Assess And Design Effective Flood Warning: Flood Flash Warning

Floods Warning Systems: Method To Assess And Design...

Author: Doyle Bartha
ISBN: 9798532386372
Format: Paperback
$23.73

This book describes a holistic and integrated method to assess and design effective flood warning systems. Aptly...  Read More >>

Drought, Flood, Fire: How Climate Change Contributes to Catastrophes

Drought, Flood, Fire: How Climate Change Contributes...

Author: Chris C. Funk (University of California, Santa Barbara)
ISBN: 9781108839877
Format: Hardback
$38.79

Droughts, floods, and fires impact millions of people and cost billions every year. Climate change is making these...  Read More >>

A Flood of Kindness

A Flood of Kindness

Author: Ellen Leventhal ,  Blythe Russo
ISBN: 9781546034582
Format: Hardback
$32.99

This poignant, hopeful picture book explores the universal themes of grief and loss through the eyes of a child...  Read More >>

Flood Warning Systems Manual: Effectively Warn Any Flood-Prone Community: Flash Flood Warning

Flood Warning Systems Manual: Effectively Warn Any Flood-Prone...

Author: Paulina Broderick
ISBN: 9798531262059
Format: Paperback
$23.73

This book describes a holistic and integrated method to assess and design effective flood warning systems. Aptly...  Read More >>

Automated Flood Warning Systems: Improved Flood Warning Systems: Improve Flood Warning Systems

Automated Flood Warning Systems: Improved Flood Warning...

Author: Theodore Vuono
ISBN: 9798531251855
Format: Paperback
$23.73

This book describes a holistic and integrated method to assess and design effective flood warning systems. Aptly...  Read More >>

Cyclones in Southern Africa: Volume 1: Interfacing the Catastrophic Impact of Cyclone Idai with SDGs in Zimbabwe

Cyclones in Southern Africa: Volume 1: Interfacing the...

Author: Godwell Nhamo ,  David Chikodzi
ISBN: 9783030723927
Format: Hardback
$290.37

There is evidence that the world has been witnessing more intense tropical cyclones. Although all these tropical...  Read More >>

From Evolution to Extinction: A Primer on Global Warming

From Evolution to Extinction: A Primer on Global Warming...

Author: André Clément ,  Richard Guy
ISBN: 9780228852759
Format: Paperback
$34.29

From Evolution to Extinction, A Primer on Global Warming delivers one message: global warming presents an imminent...  Read More >>

Supply Chain Resilience: Reducing Vulnerability to Economic Shocks, Financial Crises, and Natural Disasters

Supply Chain Resilience: Reducing Vulnerability to Economic...

Author: Venkatachalam Anbumozhi ,  Fukunari Kimura
ISBN: 9789811528729
Format: Paperback
$527.97

This book investigates individual companies’ and industries’ supply chain risk management approaches to identify...  Read More >>

Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy

Fire in Paradise: An American Tragedy

Author: Alastair Gee ,  Dani Anguiano
ISBN: 9780393542165
Format: Paperback
$27.95

The harrowing story of the most destructive American wildfire in a century.  Read More >>

Stress Testing the USA: Public Policy and Reaction to Disaster Events

Stress Testing the USA: Public Policy and Reaction to...

Author: John Rennie Short
ISBN: 9783030659981
Format: Hardback
$316.77

These major stresses—the country’s longest war, its biggest natural disaster, its biggest financial collapse since...  Read More >>

Shocked Earth

Shocked Earth

Author: Saskia Goldschmidt ,  Antoinette Fawcett
ISBN: 9781912235681
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Femke, her mother and grandfather have very different ideas about how to run their family farm; Femke wants to switch...  Read More >>

From Evolution to Extinction: A Primer on Global Warming

From Evolution to Extinction: A Primer on Global Warming...

Author: André Clément ,  Richard Guy
ISBN: 9780228852766
Format: Hardback
$64.68

From Evolution to Extinction, A Primer on Global Warming delivers one message: global warming presents an imminent...  Read More >>

Wildsam Field Guides: Gulf Coast

Wildsam Field Guides: Gulf Coast

Author: Taylor Bruce ,  Hannah Hayes
ISBN: 9781467199384
Format: Paperback
$63.36

Wildsam Field Guides: Gulf Coast is a story-based travel guide for the best experience of the along the marshes,...  Read More >>

Emerging Technologies for Disaster Resilience: Practical Cases and Theories

Emerging Technologies for Disaster Resilience: Practical...

Author: Mihoko Sakurai ,  Rajib Shaw
ISBN: 9789811603594
Format: Hardback
$448.77

In contrast, with the advent of science and technology, scientists and engineers have become owners of advanced...  Read More >>

When Good Science Won (but it wasn't easy): California's Rise to Earthquake Safety Leadership

When Good Science Won (but it wasn't easy): California's...

Author: Robert A Olson
ISBN: 9781737166306
Format: Hardback
$56.90

"There ought to be a law! How many times have we said and heard this desire? From his extensive experience with...  Read More >>

Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics

Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics

Author: Kusumita Arora ,  Harsh K. Gupta
ISBN: 9783030586300
Format: Hardback
$1034.97

Solid Earth Geophysics aspires to define and quantify the internal structure and processes of the Earth in terms...  Read More >>

Water and Earthquakes

Water and Earthquakes

Author: Chi-Yuen Wang ,  Michael Manga
ISBN: 9783030643072
Format: Hardback
$116.41

Although the effects of earthquakes on streams and groundwater have been reported for thousands of years, this field...  Read More >>

Quiet Desperation, Savage Delight: Sheltering with Thoreau in the Age of Crisis

Quiet Desperation, Savage Delight: Sheltering with Thoreau...

Author: David Gessner
ISBN: 9781948814485
Format: Paperback
$52.67

When the pandemic struck, nature writer David Gessner looked to Thoreau for guidance. Here are the lessons he took...  Read More >>

Miracle Country: A Memoir of a Family and a Landscape

Miracle Country: A Memoir of a Family and a Landscape...

Author: Kendra Atleework
ISBN: 9781643751412
Format: Paperback
$44.75

"""Miracle Country captures one family's spirit and losses in a harsh landscape that has been shaped and exploited...  Read More >>

Empire and Catastrophe: Decolonization and Environmental Disaster in North Africa and Mediterranean France since 1954

Empire and Catastrophe: Decolonization and Environmental...

Author: Spencer D. Segalla
ISBN: 9781496219633
Format: Hardback
$171.60

Spencer D. Segalla examines natural and anthropogenic disasters during the years of decolonization in Algeria, Morocco,...  Read More >>

Declaring Disaster: Buffalo's Blizzard of '77 and the Creation of FEMA

Declaring Disaster: Buffalo's Blizzard of '77 and the...

Author: Timothy W. Kneeland
ISBN: 9780815636991
Format: Hardback
$158.40

Buffalo's 1977 blizzard, the first snowstorm to be declared a disaster in US history, came after a century of automobility,...  Read More >>

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