Natural disasters books

This volume presents the history of marine fog research and applications, and discusses the physical processes leading...  Read More >>

This book outlines the performance and management of mangroves in the changing climatic scenario of the Asia-Pacific...  Read More >>

This book provides research that shows tropical cyclones are more powerful than in the past with the most dramatic...  Read More >>

In the tradition of The Perfect Storm, Sudden Sea harkens back to a natural disaster that struck terror in the hearts...  Read More >>

Takes young readers on an in-depth exploration of one of the most awe-inspiring and devastating events in nature:...  Read More >>

This edited volume is an up-to-date guide for students, policy makers and engineers on earthquake engineering, including...  Read More >>

This book provides a wide range of studies on methods of assessing natural disaster risks and reducing those risks...  Read More >>

Hurricane Harvey was unique. It made landfall with less than 24 hours warning as a Category 4 Hurricane. Instead...  Read More >>

This book discusses existing and future global problems of physical, chemical, biological and societal origins faced...  Read More >>

A riveting history of natural disasters, their impact on our culture, and new ways of thinking about the ones to...  Read More >>

This book begins with the dynamic characteristics of the covering layerbedrock type slope, containing monitoring...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the ecological impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake and resulting tsunamis, a rare and...  Read More >>

In Part I, ""Seismic Design of Nuclear Power Plants"", the design of nuclear power plants to withstand earthquakes...  Read More >>

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Why aren’t we investing more in disaster resilience, despite the rising costs of disaster events?  Read More >>

This volume provides in-depth coverage of the latest in remote sensing of hydrological extremes: both floods and...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the links between deep earth (mantle) and shallow processes in areas of active tectonics in...  Read More >>

These proceedings contain a selection of peer-reviewed papers presented at the International Symposium on Geodesy...  Read More >>

A collection of brief passages on how the world could end, how it has and hasn't ended in the past, what can be...  Read More >>

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This book analyses the state of the natural environment and the causes of its degradation using the biosphere approach....  Read More >>

This book includes a collection of chapters that were presented at the International Conference on Earthquake Engineering...  Read More >>

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This book is based on more than a decade of research the authors have pursued on the pseudo-seismic migration imaging...  Read More >>

This book provides a comprehensive examination of the effect of a natural disaster on business and organisational...  Read More >>