Natural disasters books

4765 books were found.

Disaster Security: Using Intelligence and Military Planning for Energy and Environmental Risks

Disaster Security: Using Intelligence and Military Planning...

Author: Chad M. Briggs (The Johns Hopkins University, Maryland) ,  Miriam Matejova
ISBN: 9781108472357
Format: Hardback
$227.67

This book details intelligence and military planning methods for anticipating environmental and security-related...  Read More >>

Ruthless Tide: The Heroes and Villains of the Johnstown Flood, America's Astonishing Gilded Age Disaster

Ruthless Tide: The Heroes and Villains of the Johnstown...

Author: Al Roker
ISBN: 9780062445537
Format: Paperback
$55.41

 Read More >>

Chronicles of the Outer Banks: Fish Tales and Salty Gales

Chronicles of the Outer Banks: Fish Tales and Salty...

Author: Sarah Downing ,  Walker - Outer Banks Milepost Magazine
ISBN: 9781540238313
Format: Hardback
$84.45

The Outer Banks has a long history of unconventional characters and curious occurrences. Did you know that escapees...  Read More >>

Angel: Through My Eyes - Natural Disaster Zones

Angel: Through My Eyes - Natural Disaster Zones

Author: Zoe Daniel ,  Lyn White
ISBN: 9781911631149
Format: Paperback
$18.09

An engaging and suspenseful story about one girl surviving Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013.  Read More >>

A Fire Story

A Fire Story

Author: Brian Fies
ISBN: 9781419735851
Format: Hardback
$35.00

""A graphic memoir by the author of Mom's cancer""--Jacket cover.  Read More >>

What You Take with You: Wildfire, Family and the Road Home

What You Take with You: Wildfire, Family and the Road...

Author: Therese Greenwood
ISBN: 9781772124491
Format: Paperback
$56.90

Personal account of fleeing a Canadian wildfire that devastated a community and garnered international attention....  Read More >>

Recent Advances in Flood Risk Management

Recent Advances in Flood Risk Management

Author: John Abbot ,  Andrew Hammond
ISBN: 9781789239355
Format: Hardback
$307.91

This book provides a series of topics on flood risk management from around the world.  Read More >>

The Man Who Caught the Storm: The Life of Legendary Tornado Chaser Tim Samaras

The Man Who Caught the Storm: The Life of Legendary...

Author: Brantley Hargrove
ISBN: 9781476796109
Format: Paperback
$52.77

The saga of the greatest tornado chaser who ever lived: a tale of obsession and daring and an extraordinary account...  Read More >>

Hydrology in a Changing World: Challenges in Modeling

Hydrology in a Changing World: Challenges in Modeling...

Author: Shailesh Kumar Singh ,  C.T. Dhanya
ISBN: 9783030021962
Format: Hardback
$369.57

Further, offering insights into how the changing behavior of hydrological processes, related uncertainties and their...  Read More >>

Norwich Submerged: The meandering river and the Great Flood

Norwich Submerged: The meandering river and the Great...

Author: Matthew Williams
ISBN: 9781999775254
Format: Paperback
$38.79

 Read More >>

Natural Hazards: Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes

Natural Hazards: Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters,...

Author: Edward A. Keller ,  Duane E. DeVecchio
ISBN: 9781138057227
Format: Paperback
$252.00

The new revised fifth edition of Natural Hazards, remains the go-to introductory-level survey intended for university...  Read More >>

Hurricane Risk

Hurricane Risk

Author: Jennifer M. Collins ,  Kevin Walsh
ISBN: 9783030024017
Format: Hardback
$284.60

Inspired by the 6th International Summit on Hurricanes and Climate Change: From Hazard to Impact, this book brings...  Read More >>

Building Effective Crisis Communications for Disaster Recovery: A Case of Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation in Sichuan, China

Building Effective Crisis Communications for Disaster...

Author: Yue Hu
ISBN: 9781433153020
Format: Hardback
$287.23

This study evaluates public relations campaigns launched by the Chinese government to facilitate long-term disaster...  Read More >>

The Sundarbans: A Disaster-Prone Eco-Region: Increasing Livelihood Security

The Sundarbans: A Disaster-Prone Eco-Region: Increasing...

Author: H.S. Sen
ISBN: 9783030006792
Format: Hardback
$290.37

This book explores the Sundarbans eco-region from a trans-boundary perspective, examining the cross-country interaction...  Read More >>

Disasters: A Sociological Approach

Disasters: A Sociological Approach

Author: Kathleen Tierney
ISBN: 9780745671024
Format: Paperback
$39.95

Disasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not wreak their damage equally...  Read More >>

Disasters: A Sociological Approach

Disasters: A Sociological Approach

Author: Kathleen Tierney
ISBN: 9780745671017
Format: Hardback
$134.95

Disasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses. But they do not wreak their damage equally...  Read More >>

Storm Chaser Journal

Storm Chaser Journal

Author: Fluffy Dry Journals
ISBN: 9781091320994
Format: Paperback
$18.45

This storm chaser journal is perfect for that awesome person in your life. This notebook is a great way to record...  Read More >>

The Storm of the Century

The Storm of the Century

Author: Al Roker (NBC Weatherman and Television Personality)
ISBN: 9780062364661
Format: Paperback
$55.41

In this gripping narrative history, Al Roker from NBC's Today and the Weather Channel vividly examines the deadliest...  Read More >>

The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us (and What We Can Do About Them)

The Big Ones: How Natural Disasters Have Shaped Us (and...

Author: Dr. Lucy Jones
ISBN: 9780525434283
Format: Paperback
$44.88

By the world-renowned seismologist, a riveting history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new...  Read More >>

The Karst Systems of Florida: Understanding Karst in a Geologically Young Terrain

The Karst Systems of Florida: Understanding Karst in...

Author: Sam Upchurch ,  Thomas M. Scott
ISBN: 9783030099039
Format: Paperback
$527.97

This book discusses the geology, hydrogeology, and water quality/geochemistry of karst systems in geologically young...  Read More >>

Flood Risk Management: Global Case Studies of Governance, Policy and Communities

Flood Risk Management: Global Case Studies of Governance,...

Author: Edmund C. Penning-Rowsell (Middlesex University, UK) ,  Matilda Becker (University of Oxford, UK)
ISBN: 9781138541900
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Our changing climate and more extreme weather events have dramatically increased the number and severity of floods...  Read More >>

Latest Reading Guide

MRG2025CC

 

Shopping Cart
Your cart is empty
Shopping cart
Mailing List