Social impact of disasters books

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Natural Disasters and Indian History: Oxford India Short Introductions

Natural Disasters and Indian History: Oxford India Short...
Author: Tirthankar Roy (Professor of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, Professor of Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science) ISBN: 9780198075370 Format: Paperback	$20.67
This short and exploratory study is the first to engage with a social and economic history of natural disasters... Read More >>

Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Change: Communities' Perspectives

Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Change: Communities'...
Author: Jennifer E. Duyne Barenstein (World Habitat Research Centre, Switzerland) , Esther Leemann (University of Lucerne, Switzerland) ISBN: 9781439888155 Format: Hardback	$305.00
Successful recovery following a disaster depends upon transcending the disciplinary divides of architecture, engineering,... Read More >>

Surviving Nuclear Radiation Fallout: a Handbook

Surviving Nuclear Radiation Fallout: a Handbook
Author: Transmedia Books ISBN: 9780985886189 Format: Paperback	$18.45
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Local Planning for Terror and Disaster: From Bioterrorism to Earthquakes

Local Planning for Terror and Disaster: From Bioterrorism...
Author: Leonard A. Cole , Nancy D. Connell ISBN: 9781118112861 Format: Paperback	$207.95
Local Planning for Terror and Disaster gives voice to experts in key fields involved with local preparedness, assessing... Read More >>

Climate Change: Untold Truths and the Ultimate Solution

Climate Change: Untold Truths and the Ultimate Solution...
Author: Dr S J P Thompson , Dr S J P Thompson ISBN: 9781618972378 Format: Paperback	$29.76
"This book is truly the comprehensive biography of man-made ills and evils such as poverty, unemployment, environmental... Read More >>

Designing to Avoid Disaster: The Nature of Fracture-Critical Design

Designing to Avoid Disaster: The Nature of Fracture-Critical...
Author: Thomas Fisher ISBN: 9781283862066 Format: Electronic book text	$475.20
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Voluntary funds administered by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: financial report and audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2011 and the report of the Board of Auditors

Voluntary funds administered by the United Nations High...
Author: United Nations: General Assembly , United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ISBN: 9789218202857 Format: Paperback	$66.00
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SAS and Elite Forces Guide Preparing to Survive: Being Ready For When Disaster Strikes

SAS and Elite Forces Guide Preparing to Survive: Being...
Author: Christopher Mcnab ISBN: 9780762782826 Format: Paperback	$30.95
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One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?

One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?
Author: Gordon Conway , Rajiv Shah ISBN: 9780801478024 Format: Paperback	$65.87
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Disaster!: A History of Earthquakes, Floods, Plagues, and Other Catastrophes

Disaster!: A History of Earthquakes, Floods, Plagues,...
Author: John Withington ISBN: 9781620871812 Format: Paperback	$39.47
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The Politics and Policies of Relief, Aid and Reconstruction: Contrasting approaches to disasters and emergencies

The Politics and Policies of Relief, Aid and Reconstruction:...
Author: Fulvio Attina ISBN: 9781137026729 Format: Hardback	$116.41
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One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?

One Billion Hungry: Can We Feed the World?
Author: Gordon Conway , Rajiv Shah ISBN: 9780801451331 Format: Hardback	$224.27
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Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law: forty-fifth session (25 June - 6 July 2012)

Report of the United Nations Commission on International...
Author: United Nations: Commission on International Trade Law , United Nations: General Assembly ISBN: 9789218202864 Format: Paperback	$26.40
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You Know You're From Christchurch Volume 2

You Know You're From Christchurch Volume 2
Author: Bruce Raines ISBN: 9781869509996 Format: Paperback	$14.99
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Public health laboratories for alert and response: a WHO guidance document

Public health laboratories for alert and response: a...
Author: World Health Organization: Regional Office for the Western Pacific ISBN: 9789290615866 Format: Paperback	$31.68
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Megacatastrophes!: Nine Strange Ways the World Could End

Megacatastrophes!: Nine Strange Ways the World Could...
Author: David Darling , Dirk Schulze-Makuch ISBN: 9781851689477 Format: Paperback	$17.99
Discover the mind-boggling science of the coming apocalypse! Read More >>

Securing regional health through APSED: building sustainable capacity for managing emerging diseases and public health events

Securing regional health through APSED: building sustainable...
Author: World Health Organization: Regional Office for the Western Pacific ISBN: 9789290615941 Format: Paperback	$47.52
""Second Meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on Asia Pacific Strategy for Emerging Diseases (2010), 10-12 July... Read More >>

In Titanic's Shadow: The World's Worst Merchant Ship Disasters

In Titanic's Shadow: The World's Worst Merchant Ship...
Author: David L. Williams ISBN: 9780752471228 Format: Paperback	$42.99
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The Silver Bridge Disaster of 1967

The Silver Bridge Disaster of 1967
Author: Stephan G. Bullard , Bridget J. Gromek ISBN: 9780738592787 Format: Paperback	$32.99
Point Pleasant's Silver Bridge, the first eyebar suspension bridge in the United States, was an engineering marvel... Read More >>

Bridging the Gap: Prototype Tools to Support Local Disaster

Bridging the Gap: Prototype Tools to Support Local Disaster...
Author: Melinda Moore , Michael A. Wermuth ISBN: 9780833076830 Format: Paperback	$131.87
RAND researchers developed an initial prototype tool that focuses on risk-informed, capabilities-based planning... Read More >>

Domestic Politics and Drought Relief in Africa: Explaining Choices

Domestic Politics and Drought Relief in Africa: Explaining...
Author: Ngonidzashe Munemo ISBN: 9781935049494 Format: Hardback	$91.95
Ngonidzashe Munemo challenges the conventional wisdom that African governments lack the technical capacity and political... Read More >>

Industrial Disasters, Toxic Waste, and Community Impact: Health Effects and Environmental Justice Struggles Around the Globe

Industrial Disasters, Toxic Waste, and Community Impact:...
Author: Francis O. Adeola ISBN: 9780739147467 Format: Hardback	$154.95
In the post-World War II period, modern societies have developed numerous heterogeneous synthetic organic compounds... Read More >>

Fallout from Fukushima

Fallout from Fukushima
Author: Richard Broinowski ISBN: 9781922070166 Format: Paperback	$27.99
On 11 March 2011, a force-9 earthquake jolted the seabed 66 kilometres due east of Japan. Within 20 minutes, a black... Read More >>

More with Less: Disasters in an Era of Diminishing Resources

More with Less: Disasters in an Era of Diminishing Resources...
Author: Kevin M. Cahill , H.E. Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser ISBN: 9780823250189 Format: Paperback	$84.48
Analyzes global economic forecasts and the United Nations pattern of philanthropy Read More >>

Crisis, Disaster and Risk: Institutional Response and Emergence

Crisis, Disaster and Risk: Institutional Response and...
Author: Kyle Farmbry ISBN: 9780765624215 Format: Paperback	$92.99
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