Social impact of disasters books

The nation will remember 2004 as a record-setting year in terms of presidential disaster declarations and administered...  Read More >>

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Earthquakes are potentially the most destructive of all natural disasters in both loss of life and property damage....  Read More >>

This guide was developed to fulfill several different objectives and address a wide audience with varying needs....  Read More >>

The goal of the ""Provisions"" is to present criteria for the design and construction of new structures subject...  Read More >>

One of the goals of the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National...  Read More >>

Mainstream quantitative analysis and simulations are fraught with difficulties and are intrinsically unable to deal...  Read More >>

One of the primary goals of the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is...  Read More >>

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, works to reduce...  Read More >>

Earthquakes in the United States are regional in their occurrence and while California is famous for its earthquake...  Read More >>

This publication on seismic strengthening of existing buildings is one of a series that FEMA is sponsoring to encourage...  Read More >>

Veterans in rural communities face unique challenges, who will step up to help? Beginning with a brief scenario...  Read More >>

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is pleased to have the opportunity to sponsor the Program on Improved...  Read More >>

Following the two damaging California earthquakes in1989 (Loma Prieta) and 1994 (Northridge), many concrete wall...  Read More >>

This publication was equally funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which leads the...  Read More >>

A considerable number of buildings in the existing building stock of the United States present a risk of poor performance...  Read More >>

Earthquakes represent an enormous threat to the Nation. Although damaging earthquakes occur infrequently, their...  Read More >>

Lifeline is an earthquake engineering term denoting those systems necessary for human life and urban function, without...  Read More >>

This volume of selected readings and the handbook it accompanies have been developed to provide participants in...  Read More >>

This book provides background information and educational materials to help state officials promote the adoption...  Read More >>

The financing of hazard mitigation continues to, be one of the more difficult impediments to creating a seismically...  Read More >>

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS)/Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) developed the National Incident...  Read More >>

SurvivalNations - Surviving a Disease Pandemic is an epic book describing all aspects of an outbreak of a worldwide...  Read More >>

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