Natural disasters books

This is the first book on disaster diplomacy. Disaster-politics interactions have been studied for decades, but...  Read More >>

Extreme weather events, such as droughts, strong winds and storms, flash floods and extreme heat and cold, are among...  Read More >>

Examines modern disaster response in Japan, from the changing earthquake preparations and regulations, to immediate...  Read More >>

"""The Drowning of Money Island tells the story of a journalist's return to a hometown ravaged by Superstorm Sandy,...  Read More >>

Examines modern disaster response in Japan, from the changing earthquake preparations and regulations, to immediate...  Read More >>

Describes the tools that advocates, judges, legislators, and policymakers have applied to address and resolve-with...  Read More >>

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The New Orleans Flood, U.S. Corruption, and Disasters ""Rosenthal employs the surgical precision of an investigative...  Read More >>

This book introduces a trans-scale framework necessary for the physical understanding of breakdown behaviors and...  Read More >>

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

Understanding Disaster Risk: A Multidimensional Approach presents the first principle from the UNISDR Sendai Framework...  Read More >>

The serious disturbances that occur for a short period of time and cause extensive material, economic, human and...  Read More >>

"Many of our leading scientists believe that global warming and climate change, self-inflicted maladies for mankind,...  Read More >>

This book provides a complete study of the Central Andean volcanism and its most distinctive features, from the...  Read More >>

This open access book provides worldwide examples demonstrating the importance of the interplay between demography...  Read More >>

The book provides an engaging exploration of the geological history of Earth, focusing on the concept of continental...  Read More >>

An overflow of water which submerges land that is generally dry is known as a flood. This overflow can be from a...  Read More >>

This contributed volume discusses essential topics and the fundamentals for Big Data Emergency Management and primarily...  Read More >>

Letters penned during pandemic by writers Pam Houston and Amy Irvine as they shelter in place in Colorado's high...  Read More >>

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book takes an in-depth look at Louisiana as a state which...  Read More >>

This open access book presents work collected through the Liquefaction Experiments and Analysis Projects (LEAP)...  Read More >>

"This first-hand account retells how Hurricane Harvey got beyond our control, wiping out the KHOU television station,...  Read More >>

"�Son los preppers unos chiflados? �Pierden el tiempo? �Se preocupan en exceso? �O son sus preocupaciones coherentes...  Read More >>

A compelling story of wildland fires, from a fascinating exploration of wildfire science to a gripping moment-by-moment...  Read More >>

Earl Qume's poisoned mind has altered his reality and transformed his surroundings into omnipresent threats. After...  Read More >>