Social impact of disasters books

Disaster response and emergency management have become crucial aspects of public awareness and education. Disaster...  Read More >>

This book concentrates on the social aspects of disaster, focusing on the most expensive disaster to date in US...  Read More >>

Environmental planning is a distinct field that contributes extensively in management of disasters and natural hazards....  Read More >>

It also reveals natural disaster formation mechanisms and processes, quantifies vulnerability to these disasters,...  Read More >>

When the terrorist attacks struck New York City on September 11, 2001, boat operators and waterfront workers quickly...  Read More >>

Disasters cause a major loss of life and property. Both manmade and natural disasters have severe impacts on the...  Read More >>

Disaster risk reduction is a relatively nascent field of study focusing on the identification and preparedness to...  Read More >>

Fire safety science includes fire dynamics, fire properties, fire detection and extinction etc. It aims to understand...  Read More >>

An important guide to help after a fire, flood or other disaster. This guidebook should be read prior to a disaster...  Read More >>

In The Big Truck That Went By award-winning writer Jonathan Katz ties together the two crises that continue to cripple...  Read More >>

After a devastating firestorm destroys Risa Nye's Oakland, California home and neighborhood, she has to dig deep...  Read More >>

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This study analyzes technological successes and identifies capability gaps regarding technological countermeasures...  Read More >>

The Sea Cat's life sees many changes, from farm to sea, family pet to working cat and then the storm...He copes...  Read More >>

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Though hardly known outside the Three Corners Region of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri, the fate of Picher echoes...  Read More >>

This report examines the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance's history, activities,...  Read More >>

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The most startling thing about disasters, according to award-winning author Rebecca Solnit, is not merely that so...  Read More >>

This Brief presents a benefit-cost analysis of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) as well as an evaluation...  Read More >>

Theodore John Swystun's Advancing Professionalism in the Humanitarian Sector addresses the practical aspects of...  Read More >>

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