Natural disasters books

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Disaster and Crisis Management: Public Management Perspectives

Disaster and Crisis Management: Public Management Perspectives...

Author: Naim Kapucu (University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA) ,  Arjen Boin (Leiden University, The Netherlands)
ISBN: 9781138098909
Format: Paperback
$101.00

A wide range of natural hazards pose major risks to the lives and livelihoods of large populations around the world....  Read More >>

Designing Water Disaster Management Policies: Theory and Empirics

Designing Water Disaster Management Policies: Theory...

Author: Chennat Gopalakrishnan (Professor of Natural Resource Economics, University of Hawaii)
ISBN: 9781138085398
Format: Paperback
$69.99

This book represents a landmark effort to probe and analyze the theory and empirics of designing water disaster...  Read More >>

Natural Hazards: Impacts and Analysis

Natural Hazards: Impacts and Analysis

Author: Cathy Hogan
ISBN: 9781632398680
Format: Hardback
$356.40

Natural hazards are the events occurring in nature which affect the civilization and environment in a harmful way....  Read More >>

The Earth Notebook

The Earth Notebook

Author: Wild Pages Press
ISBN: 9781548967918
Format: Paperback
$18.45

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Cosmic Threats: A Planetary Response

Cosmic Threats: A Planetary Response

Author: Neville Brown
ISBN: 9781845197711
Format: Paperback
$71.16

part-time but pro-active as a defence correspondent for several of the West's leading journals; This was as the...  Read More >>

Tsunamis and Hurricanes: Natural Disasters

Tsunamis and Hurricanes: Natural Disasters

Author: Dalton Freeman
ISBN: 9781635491463
Format: Hardback
$343.20

Natural disasters like hurricanes and tsunami can cause serious damage to human settlements. The impact of these...  Read More >>

Cosmic Threats: A Planetary Response

Cosmic Threats: A Planetary Response

Author: Neville Brown
ISBN: 9781845197704
Format: Hardback
$245.81

part-time but pro-active as a defence correspondent for several of the West's leading journals; This was as the...  Read More >>

The Economics of Natural Disasters

The Economics of Natural Disasters

Author: Mark Skidmore
ISBN: 9781782549703
Format: Hardback
$812.47

This timely new collection presents essential readings for those interested in the economics of natural disasters....  Read More >>

Tornado

Tornado

Author: Weems- J
ISBN: 9780890964606
Format: Paperback
$31.55

"The Tornado gives account of one of the world's most terrifying natural disasters. Twisters have left their wake...  Read More >>

The Great Plains: A Fire Survey

The Great Plains: A Fire Survey

Author: Stephen J. Pyne
ISBN: 9780816535125
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Introduces a region that once lay at the geographic heart of American fire and today promises to reclaim something...  Read More >>

Natural Hazards, Second Edition: Explanation and Integration

Natural Hazards, Second Edition: Explanation and Integration...

Author: Burrell E. Montz (East Carolina University, United States) ,  Graham A. Tobin (University of South Florida, United States)
ISBN: 9781462529179
Format: Paperback
$130.00

What can we learn from the spatial patterns of disasters? What human and structural factors need to be addressed...  Read More >>

Rural Sustainability: A Complex Systems Approach to Policy Analysis

Rural Sustainability: A Complex Systems Approach to...

Author: Qing Tian
ISBN: 9783319526843
Format: Paperback
$129.35

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The Economics of the Global Environment: Catastrophic Risks in Theory and Policy

The Economics of the Global Environment: Catastrophic...

Author: Graciela Chichilnisky ,  Armon Rezai
ISBN: 9783319319414
Format: Hardback
$475.17

This is the first book combining research on the Global Environment, Catastrophic Risks and Economic Theory and...  Read More >>

Coupled DEM-CFD Analyses of Landslide-Induced Debris Flows

Coupled DEM-CFD Analyses of Landslide-Induced Debris...

Author: Tao Zhao
ISBN: 9789811046261
Format: Hardback
$448.77

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Contingencies, Resilience and Legal Constitutionalism

Contingencies, Resilience and Legal Constitutionalism...

Author: Clive Walker (University of Leeds, UK)
ISBN: 9781138060012
Format: Paperback
$101.00

Contingency planning and resilience are of prime importance to the late modern risk society, with implications for...  Read More >>

Hurricane Monitoring With Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar

Hurricane Monitoring With Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture...

Author: Xiaofeng Li
ISBN: 9789811028922
Format: Hardback
$448.77

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GIS Landslide

GIS Landslide

Author: Hiromitsu Yamagishi ,  Netra Prakash Bhandary
ISBN: 9784431543909
Format: Hardback
$448.77

This book presents landslide studies using the geographic information system (GIS), which includes not only the...  Read More >>

Disaster Management: Challenges and Mitigation Techniques

Disaster Management: Challenges and Mitigation Techniques...

Author: Cathy Hogan
ISBN: 9781632398956
Format: Hardback
$374.88

Disaster management is concerned with minimizing the adverse effects of natural as well as manmade disasters. This...  Read More >>

Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides: Volume 4 Diversity of Landslide Forms

Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides: Volume...

Author: Matjaž Mikoš ,  Nicola Casagli
ISBN: 9783319534848
Format: Hardback
$580.77

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Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides: Volume 5 Landslides in Different Environments

Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides: Volume...

Author: Matjaž Mikoš ,  Vít Vilímek
ISBN: 9783319534824
Format: Hardback
$580.77

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