Social impact of disasters books

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Community Lost: The State, Civil Society, and Displaced Survivors of Hurricane Katrina

Community Lost: The State, Civil Society, and Displaced...
Author: Ronald J. Angel (University of Texas, Austin) , Holly Bell (University of Texas, Austin) ISBN: 9780511843792 Format: Undefined	$620.40
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Disaster Risk and Vulnerability: Mitigation through Mobilizing Communities and Partnerships

Disaster Risk and Vulnerability: Mitigation through...
Author: C. Emdad Haque , David Etkin ISBN: 9780773539921 Format: Paperback	$93.15
Why communities and institutions need to work together to reduce disaster risk Read More >>

Disasters 2.0: The Application of Social Media Systems for Modern Emergency Management

Disasters 2.0: The Application of Social Media Systems...
Author: Adam Crowe ISBN: 9781439874424 Format: Hardback	$305.00
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Care of Children Exposed to the Traumatic Effects of Disaster

Care of Children Exposed to the Traumatic Effects of...
Author: Jon A. Shaw, MD MS (University of Miami) , Zelde Espinel, MD MA MPH (Center for Disaster Epidemiology and Emergency Preparedness) ISBN: 9781585624263 Format: Paperback	$150.00
Care of Children Exposed to the Traumatic Effects of Disaster is designed to provide professional and volunteer... Read More >>

Beautiful Floods: Environmental Knowledge and Agrarian Change in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Beautiful Floods: Environmental Knowledge and Agrarian...
Author: Judith Ehlert ISBN: 9783643901958 Format: Paperback	$118.67
Floods are generally perceived as natural hazards. This book, in contrast, portrays the 'beautiful floods' of the... Read More >>

Survive 2012: A Handbook For Doomsday Preppers. Discover Where and How to be Safe from a Global Cataclysm.

Survive 2012: A Handbook For Doomsday Preppers. Discover...
Author: Professor Robert Bast, M.D. ISBN: 9781475249750 Format: Paperback	$17.50
There are two global catastrophes that ancient cultures were capable of predicting far in advance: massive solar... Read More >>

Facing Catastrophe: Environmental Action for a Post-Katrina World

Facing Catastrophe: Environmental Action for a Post-Katrina...
Author: Robert R. M. Verchick ISBN: 9780674064256 Format: Paperback	$55.95
Argues for a fresh perspective on disaster law that is based on the principles of environmental protection. This... Read More >>

Bad Ground: Inside the Beaconsfield mine disaster

Bad Ground: Inside the Beaconsfield mine disaster
Author: Tony Wright , Todd Russell ISBN: 9781743361481 Format: Paperback	$24.99
The exclusive, authorised account of the Beaconsfield mine crash, from the two survivors who were trapped underground,... Read More >>

Recollecting Hunger; an Anthology: Cultural Memories of the Great Famine in Irish and British Fiction

Recollecting Hunger; an Anthology: Cultural Memories...
Author: Marguerite Corporaal , Christopher Cusack ISBN: 9780716531289 Format: Hardback	$129.38
Recollecting Hunger brings together selections from Irish Famine novels, as well as stories from the Famine until... Read More >>

Gender, Heterosexuality, and Youth Violence: The Struggle for Recognition

Gender, Heterosexuality, and Youth Violence: The Struggle...
Author: James W. Messerschmidt ISBN: 9781442213708 Format: Hardback	$142.95
Gender, Heterosexuality, and Youth Violence explores why some boys and girls engage in assaultive or sexual violence... Read More >>

Gender, Heterosexuality, and Youth Violence: The Struggle for Recognition

Gender, Heterosexuality, and Youth Violence: The Struggle...
Author: James W. Messerschmidt ISBN: 9781442213715 Format: Paperback	$47.95
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Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the BP Oil Gusher

Hole at the Bottom of the Sea: The Race to Kill the...
Author: Joel Achenbach ISBN: 9781451625370 Format: Paperback	$52.77
""With a new introduction by the author""--Cover. Read More >>

Analysis of the Cities Readiness Initiative

Analysis of the Cities Readiness Initiative
Author: Christopher Nelson , Andrew M. Parker ISBN: 9780833060297 Format: Paperback	$55.44
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Natural Resources and Social Conflict: Towards Critical Environmental Security

Natural Resources and Social Conflict: Towards Critical...
Author: M. Schnurr , L. Swatuk ISBN: 9780230297838 Format: Hardback	$145.17
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The Ocean Ranger: Remaking the Promise of Oil

The Ocean Ranger: Remaking the Promise of Oil
Author: Susan Dodd ISBN: 9781552664643 Format: Paperback	$40.95
Reflecting on Canada's worst sea disaster since World War II, this chronicle captures the 1982 sinking of the oil... Read More >>

Psychosocial Capacity Building in Response to Disasters

Psychosocial Capacity Building in Response to Disasters...
Author: Joshua L. Miller ISBN: 9780231148214 Format: Paperback	$57.95
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Managing Crises and Disasters with Emerging Technologies: Advancements

Managing Crises and Disasters with Emerging Technologies:...
Author: Murray E. Jennex ISBN: 9781466601673 Format: Hardback	$373.95
""This book offers the most vital, up-to-date research within the field of disaster management technologies, offering... Read More >>

Psychosocial Capacity Building in Response to Disasters

Psychosocial Capacity Building in Response to Disasters...
Author: Joshua L. Miller ISBN: 9780231148207 Format: Hardback	$182.95
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The Women of Katrina: How Gender, Race and Class Matter in an American Disaster

The Women of Katrina: How Gender, Race and Class Matter...
Author: Emmanuel David , Elaine Enarson ISBN: 9780826517999 Format: Paperback	$105.47
A powerful blend of firsthand accounts and original research Read More >>

The Women of Katrina: How Gender, Race and Class Matter in an American Disaster

The Women of Katrina: How Gender, Race and Class Matter...
Author: Emmanuel David , Elaine Enarson ISBN: 9780826517982 Format: Hardback	$263.87
A powerful blend of firsthand accounts and original research Read More >>

Risk Analysis and the Security Survey

Risk Analysis and the Security Survey
Author: James F. Broder (James F. Broder, CFE, CPP, FACFE, Independent Security Consultant, San Marino, CA, USA) , Eugene Tucker (President, Praetorian Protective Services® LLC, California, USA) ISBN: 9780123822338 Format: Hardback	$184.67
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Reclaiming School in the Aftermath of Trauma

Reclaiming School in the Aftermath of Trauma
Author: Carolyn Lunsford Mears ISBN: 9786613612946 Format: Electronic book text	$285.12
September 11. . . Virginia Tech . . . Columbine . . . Hurricane Katrina . . . Traumatic events with long lasting... Read More >>

Disaster Operations and Decision Making

Disaster Operations and Decision Making
Author: Roger C. Huder ISBN: 9780470927939 Format: Hardback	$143.95
This book focuses on crisis decision making and the creation of the systems and procedures needed to carry out those... Read More >>

The Feeding of Nations: Redefining Food Security for the 21st Century

The Feeding of Nations: Redefining Food Security for...
Author: Mark Gibson ISBN: 9781439839508 Format: Hardback	$399.00
Written for academicians, policymakers, and students, this reference addresses fundamental questions about food... Read More >>

Apocalypse and Post-Politics: The Romance of the End

Apocalypse and Post-Politics: The Romance of the End...
Author: Mary Manjikian ISBN: 9780739166222 Format: Hardback	$154.95
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