Social impact of disasters books

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The Survival Kit You Can Carry in Your Pocket! If you've never been in the military, you're probably unfamiliar...  Read More >>

The original Earthquakes -A Teacher's Package for K-6 (FEMA 159) was developed as a joint effort of the Federal...  Read More >>

This FEMA 154 Report, Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards: A Handbook, is the first...  Read More >>

According to available information, landsliding in the United States causes an average of 25 to 50 deaths and $1...  Read More >>

Although earthquakes are an inevitable hazard, they are not inevitable disasters. Experiences in recent years have...  Read More >>

Earthquakes damage structures - buildings, roads and bridges, utility and communications systems - and those damaged...  Read More >>

Are you prepared to survive in a shelter-in-place emergency situation? Well, are you? If you are, pat yourself...  Read More >>

Recent earthquakes around the world show a pattern of steadily increasing damages and losses that are due primarily...  Read More >>

Nonstructural failures have accounted for the majority of earthquake damage in several recent U.S. earthquakes....  Read More >>

Lifelines (e.g., communication, electric power, liquid fuels, natural gas, transportation, water and sewer systems,...  Read More >>

Earthquakes, especially major ones, are dangerous, inevitable, and a fact of life in some parts of the United States....  Read More >>

Based on years of research, this book scientifically evaluates human responses in the face of disasters in ways...  Read More >>

Has the triple disaster that struck Japan in March 2011 changed the country? Has it led to a transformation, a shift...  Read More >>

Do you want to get started prepping, but don't have enough money to cover your expenses now, let alone start prepping...  Read More >>

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On April 26, 1986, Unit Four of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in the Soviet Ukraine. More than 3.5 million...  Read More >>

This book traces the intertwined histories of disaster experts-specialists in predicting the unpredictable and managing...  Read More >>

WRITTEN AS A FUND-RAISING VEHICLE, THE AUTHOR PLEDGES TO DONATE ALL PAID ROYALTIES FROM THIS BOOK TO THE NONPROFIT...  Read More >>

WRITTEN AS A FUND-RAISING VEHICLE, THE AUTHOR PLEDGES TO DONATE ALL PAID ROYALTIES FROM THIS BOOK TO THE NONPROFIT...  Read More >>

WRITTEN AS A FUND-RAISING VEHICLE, THE AUTHOR PLEDGES TO DONATE ALL PAID ROYALTIES FROM THIS BOOK TO THE NONPROFIT...  Read More >>

Since earthquake shaking is possible almost everywhere in the United States, earthquake safety should be practiced...  Read More >>

Recent decades have seen a dramatic earthquake related losses. In the past ten years estimated losses were twenty...  Read More >>

The purpose of this manual is to assist interested states, coalitions of states, or confederations of local governments...  Read More >>

The Northridge earthquake of January 17, 1994, caused widespread building damage throughout some of the most heavily...  Read More >>