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Military Contingencies in Megacities and Submegacities

Military Contingencies in Megacities and Submegacities...
Author: Werner Selle
ISBN: 9781584877356
Format: Paperback 		$52.80

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The Floyd Collins Tragedy at Sand Cave

The Floyd Collins Tragedy at Sand Cave
Author: John Benton ,  Bill Napper
ISBN: 9781467125543
Format: Paperback 		$21.09

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The Floyd Collins Tragedy at Sand Cave

The Floyd Collins Tragedy at Sand Cave
Author: John Benton ,  Bill Napper
ISBN: 9781540214478
Format: Hardback 		$84.45

Floyd Collins is perhaps the most famous person you have probably never heard of. Collins was a Kentucky cave explorer...  Read More >>

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Curbing Catastrophe: Natural Hazards and Risk Reduction in the Modern World

Curbing Catastrophe: Natural Hazards and Risk Reduction...
Author: Timothy H. Dixon (University of South Florida)
ISBN: 9781107035188
Format: Hardback 		$64.66

This thought-provoking book presents a compelling account of recent and historical disasters, both natural and human-caused,...  Read More >>

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Integrating Emergency Management and Disaster Behavioral Health: One Picture through Two Lenses

Integrating Emergency Management and Disaster Behavioral...
Author: Brian Flynn (Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences) ,  Ronald Sherman (Emergency management consultant)
ISBN: 9780128036389
Format: Paperback 		$330.00

Integrating Emergency Management and Disaster Behavioral Health identifies the most critical areas of integration...  Read More >>

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Rebuilding Fukushima

Rebuilding Fukushima
Author: Mitsuo Yamakawa (Teikyo University, Japan.) ,  Daisaku Yamamoto (Colgate University, USA.)
ISBN: 9781138193796
Format: Hardback 		$284.00

Five years after the one of the worst nuclear accidents in history, Fukushima now only occasionally headlines national...  Read More >>

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Managing Humanitarian Relief 2nd Edition

Managing Humanitarian Relief 2nd Edition
Author: Eric James
ISBN: 9781853399039
Format: Paperback 		$90.43

Managing Humanitarian Relief is aimed at the relief worker who in the midst of these complex situations is putting...  Read More >>

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Managing Humanitarian Relief 2nd Edition

Managing Humanitarian Relief 2nd Edition
Author: Eric James
ISBN: 9781853399022
Format: Hardback 		$181.00

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The Flood Year 1927: A Cultural History

The Flood Year 1927: A Cultural History
Author: Susan Scott Parrish
ISBN: 9780691168838
Format: Hardback 		$62.99

The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, which covered nearly thirty thousand square miles across seven states, was...  Read More >>

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Natural Hazard Uncertainty Assessment: Modeling and Decision Support

Natural Hazard Uncertainty Assessment: Modeling and...
Author: Karin Riley ,  Peter Webley
ISBN: 9781119027867
Format: Hardback 		$278.95

Uncertainties are pervasive in natural hazards, and it is crucial to develop robust and meaningful approaches to...  Read More >>

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Earthquakes: Monitoring Technology, Disaster Management & Impact Assessment

Earthquakes: Monitoring Technology, Disaster Management...
Author: Wayne Coleman
ISBN: 9781536103427
Format: Hardback 		$481.25

In recent years, a number of disasters caused by earthquakes have demonstrated the vulnerability of both the developing...  Read More >>

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Flood Risk Management and Response

Flood Risk Management and Response
Author: David Proverbs ,  C. A. Brebbia
ISBN: 9781784662417
Format: Hardback 		$305.33

Flooding is a global phenomenon that claims countless lives worldwide each year. When flooding occurs in populated...  Read More >>

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Home Defense: The Ultimate Prepper's Guide to Turn Your Home into a Disaster-Proof Fortress

Home Defense: The Ultimate Prepper's Guide to Turn Your...
Author: Beau Griffin
ISBN: 9781520510316
Format: Paperback 		$26.27

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Earthquake Engineering for Nuclear Facilities

Earthquake Engineering for Nuclear Facilities
Author: Masanori Hamada ,  Michiya Kuno
ISBN: 9789811025150
Format: Hardback 		$527.97

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Coal Mine Disasters of North Carolina

Coal Mine Disasters of North Carolina
Author: John Hairr
ISBN: 9781540214294
Format: Hardback 		$84.45

"During the past two centuries, the central region of the Tar Heel State was populated with numerous active coal...  Read More >>

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Effective Communication During Disasters: Making Use of Technology, Media, and Human Resources

Effective Communication During Disasters: Making Use...
Author: Girish Bobby Kapur (Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH), Miami, Florida, USA) ,  Sarah Bezek (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA)
ISBN: 9781771885119
Format: Hardback 		$271.69

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. With research from internationally recognized experts,...  Read More >>

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Remote Sensing of Hydrological Extremes

Remote Sensing of Hydrological Extremes
Author: Venkat Lakshmi
ISBN: 9783319437439
Format: Hardback 		$527.97

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Slope Earthquake Stability

Slope Earthquake Stability
Author: Yang Changwei ,  Zhang Jingyu
ISBN: 9789811023798
Format: Hardback 		$448.77

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Law and the Management of Disasters: The Challenge of Resilience

Law and the Management of Disasters: The Challenge of...
Author: Alexia Herwig ,  Marta Simoncini
ISBN: 9781138193529
Format: Hardback 		$284.00

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Tropical Cyclone Activity over the North Indian Ocean

Tropical Cyclone Activity over the North Indian Ocean...
Author: M. Mohapatra ,  B.K. Bandyopadhyay
ISBN: 9783319405742
Format: Hardback 		$290.37

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Land Use Management in Disaster Risk Reduction: Practice and Cases from a Global Perspective

Land Use Management in Disaster Risk Reduction: Practice...
Author: Michiko Banba ,  Rajib Shaw
ISBN: 9784431564409
Format: Hardback 		$448.77

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Slope Safety Preparedness for Impact of Climate Change

Slope Safety Preparedness for Impact of Climate Change...
Author: Ken Ho ,  Suzanne Lacasse
ISBN: 9781138032309
Format: Hardback 		$378.00

Many countries are increasingly threatened by major landslide disasters and fatalities due to extreme weather events...  Read More >>

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Management of Natural Disasters

Management of Natural Disasters
Author: Stavros Syngellakis
ISBN: 9781784662295
Format: Hardback 		$359.66

Comprising a selection of articles dedicated to disaster management this volume focuses on the challenges arising...  Read More >>

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Lowcountry Hurricanes A to Z: Lowcountry Hurricanes A to Z

Lowcountry Hurricanes A to Z: Lowcountry Hurricanes...
Author: Carole Marsh-Longmeyer
ISBN: 9780635125545
Format: Paperback 		$26.37

"In October 2016, Hurricane Matthew zipped up the coast to slam-bang the lovely lowcountry. A long-time resident...  Read More >>

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Shear Behavior of Composite Soils

Shear Behavior of Composite Soils
Author: Yanrong Li (Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, China)
ISBN: 9781138032873
Format: Hardback 		$252.00

This book has the purpose of developing an understanding of the factors determining and influencing the shear behavior...  Read More >>

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