Social impact of disasters books

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Monongah: The Tragic Story of the 1907 Monongah Mine Disaster

Monongah: The Tragic Story of the 1907 Monongah Mine...

Author: Davitt McAteer ,  J Davitt McAteer
ISBN: 9781938228896
Format: Paperback
$45.10

New paperback edition with an introduction by Robert B. Reich Monongah: The Tragic Story of the 1907 Monongah Mine...  Read More >>

Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and Disasters; From the Ozark Mountains to Fukushima

Atomic Accidents: A History of Nuclear Meltdowns and...

Author: James Mahaffey ,  Tom Weiner
ISBN: 9781483013305
Format: Pre-recorded MP3 player
$211.17

A gripping narrative of nuclear mishaps and meltdowns around the globe, all of which have proven pivotal to the...  Read More >>

Civil Society Organization and Disaster Risk Reduction: The Asian Dilemma

Civil Society Organization and Disaster Risk Reduction:...

Author: Rajib Shaw ,  Takako Izumi
ISBN: 9784431548768
Format: Hardback
$290.37

Drawing examples from Asia, this book is structured on the roles of CSOs according to the Hyogo Framework for Action...  Read More >>

High Waters

High Waters

Author: Dale A Darling
ISBN: 9780983283577
Format: Paperback
$47.39

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The Prepper's Workbook: Checklists, Worksheets, and Home Projects to Protect Your Family from Any Disaster

The Prepper's Workbook: Checklists, Worksheets, and...

Author: Scott B. Williams ,  Scott Finazzo
ISBN: 9781612432267
Format: Paperback
$42.11

An interactive step-by-step workbook of DIY projects and checklists that prepare home and family for any life-threatening...  Read More >>

Coping with Calamity: Environmental Change and Peasant Response in Central China, 1736-1949

Coping with Calamity: Environmental Change and Peasant...

Author: Jiayan Zhang
ISBN: 9780774825955
Format: Hardback
$261.36

The first environmental and socioeconomic history of the Jianghan plain in central China, focusing on the peasants'...  Read More >>

Prepping A to Z The Book Series: C is for Cooking, Canning, Chickens, Compost, Camping, Checklists and Car Kits

Prepping A to Z The Book Series: C is for Cooking, Canning,...

Author: Lisa M Goodwin
ISBN: 9781499558029
Format: Paperback
$23.73

Prepping A to Z The Series of Prepping Books About How to Be More Prepared and Live A More Self-Reliant Lifestyle...  Read More >>

Intelligent Transportation and Evacuation Planning: A Modeling-Based Approach

Intelligent Transportation and Evacuation Planning:...

Author: Arab Naser ,  Ali K. Kamrani
ISBN: 9781489973344
Format: Paperback
$290.37

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Planning for the Unplanned: Recovering from Crises in Megacities

Planning for the Unplanned: Recovering from Crises in...

Author: Aseem Inam (Parsons, The New School of Design (US))
ISBN: 9781306173513
Format: Electronic book text
$459.36

First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

A Cloud Over Bhopal: Causes, Consequences and Constructive Solutions

A Cloud Over Bhopal: Causes, Consequences and Constructive...

Author: Anne-Marie De Grazia ,  Alfred De Grazia
ISBN: 9781603770897
Format: Paperback
$34.19

The first book on the Bhopal disaster, written on site a few weeks after the accident. The people knew right away...  Read More >>

Healing Your Grief When Disaster Strikes: 100 Practical Ideas for Coping After a Tornado, Hurricane, Flood, Earthquake, Wildfire, or Other Natural Disaster

Healing Your Grief When Disaster Strikes: 100 Practical...

Author: Alan D Wolfelt
ISBN: 9781617222092
Format: Paperback
$31.55

When your family, neighborhood, city, or area of the country is affected by a natural disaster, it's normal and...  Read More >>

The Next Tsunami: Living on A Restless Coast

The Next Tsunami: Living on A Restless Coast

Author: Bonnie Henderson
ISBN: 9780870717321
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Not until the late 1990s could scientists fix the date, hour, and magnitude of the Pacific Northwest coast’s last...  Read More >>

Natural Disaster Hotspots: Case Studies. Disaster Risk Management Series No.6

Natural Disaster Hotspots: Case Studies. Disaster Risk...

Author: Margaret Arnold ,  Margaret Arnold
ISBN: 9781280542565
Format: Undefined
$52.75

These case studies complement the earlier groundbreaking work of Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis...  Read More >>

Britain's Railways Disasters: Fatal Accidents From the 1830s to the Present

Britain's Railways Disasters: Fatal Accidents From the...

Author: Michael Foley
ISBN: 9781781593790
Format: Hardback
$57.99

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Disasters and Tragic Events [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Catastrophes in American History

Disasters and Tragic Events [2 volumes]: An Encyclopedia...

Author: Mitchell Newton-Matza
ISBN: 9781610691659
Format: Hardback
$522.72

From the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to the Sandy Hook school massacre of 2012, this two-volume encyclopedia surveys...  Read More >>

Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - And Why

Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes - And...

Author: Amanda Ripley
ISBN: 9781299012066
Format: Electronic book text
$142.56

It lurks in the corner of our imagination, almost beyond our ability to see it: the possibility that a tear in the...  Read More >>

Another Day in Paradise: Front Line Stories from International Aid Workers

Another Day in Paradise: Front Line Stories from International...

Author: Carol Bergman
ISBN: 9781282789425
Format: Electronic book text
$263.74

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Hazards of Nature, Risks to Development: An Ieg Evaluation of World Bank Assistance for Natural Disasters

Hazards of Nature, Risks to Development: An Ieg Evaluation...

Author: Rold Steven Parker
ISBN: 9781280503511
Format: Undefined
$79.15

The World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group examined the World Bank's experience in disaster prevention and response...  Read More >>

Dark Days Troubled Times

Dark Days Troubled Times

Author: Matthew D Mark
ISBN: 9798315577690
Format: Paperback
$39.57

The long awaited sequel to Dark Days Rough Roads is now here. Months after an EMP, Electromagnetic Pulse, strikes...  Read More >>

Naked: Stripped by a Man and Hurricane Katrina

Naked: Stripped by a Man and Hurricane Katrina

Author: Julie Freed Phd ,  Julie Freed Phd
ISBN: 9781499184358
Format: Paperback
$39.57

A romantic marriage and sudden divorce are framed by one of America's most defining natural disasters --  Read More >>

Be Prepared for Anything: Building your survival plan

Be Prepared for Anything: Building your survival plan...

Author: Dale Goodwin
ISBN: 9781499152166
Format: Paperback
$34.29

Whether you believe an economic collapse is imminent, the power grid is doomed to fail or you preparing because...  Read More >>

The Year Without Summer

The Year Without Summer

Author: William K Klingaman ,  Nicholas P Klingaman
ISBN: 9781250042750
Format: Paperback
$29.99

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