Social impact of disasters books

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In Deep Water: The Anatomy of a Disaster, the Fate of the Gulf, and Ending Our Oil Addiction

In Deep Water: The Anatomy of a Disaster, the Fate of...
Author: Bob Deans , Peter Lehner ISBN: 9781615190355 Format: Paperback	$36.83
The largest accidental oil spill in world history, a wake-up call to rescue our environment from future degradation... Read More >>

Famine Early Warning Systems and Remote Sensing Data

Famine Early Warning Systems and Remote Sensing Data...
Author: Molly E. Brown ISBN: 9783642094583 Format: Paperback	$525.36
This book describes the interdisciplinary work of USAID’s Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) and its... Read More >>

Old and New Media after Katrina

Old and New Media after Katrina
Author: Diane Negra ISBN: 9780230102668 Format: Hardback	$211.20
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Experiencing War

Experiencing War
Author: Christine Sylvester ISBN: 9780415566308 Format: Hardback	$336.00
This edited collection explores aspects of contemporary war that affect average people –physically, emotionally,... Read More >>

Experiencing War

Experiencing War
Author: Christine Sylvester ISBN: 9780415566315 Format: Paperback	$92.99
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Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners, and Smart-Cookin' Mamas: Fighting Back in an Age of Industrial Agriculture

Food Rebels, Guerrilla Gardeners, and Smart-Cookin'...
Author: Mark Winne ISBN: 9780807047330 Format: Hardback	$59.99
"In an age of uncertainty about how climate change may affect the global food supply, industrial agribusiness promises... Read More >>

Last Bus Out

Last Bus Out
Author: Beck McDowell , Rebecca McDowell ISBN: 9780615390345 Format: Paperback	$26.37
Includes reading group discussion/teacher guide. Read More >>

The Other Famine: The 1822 Crisis in County Leitrim

The Other Famine: The 1822 Crisis in County Leitrim...
Author: Gerard MacAtasney ISBN: 9781845889876 Format: Paperback	$38.81
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Assessing the Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill on Human Health: A Summary of the June 2010 Workshop

Assessing the Effects of the Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill...
Author: Institute of Medicine , Margaret A. McCoy ISBN: 9780309157810 Format: Paperback	$87.12
""This study was supported by Contract No. HHSO100201000001E between the National Academy of Sciences and the Office... Read More >>

Post-Traumatic Urbanism

Post-Traumatic Urbanism
Author: Adrian Lahoud (University of Technology Sydney) , Charles Rice (University of Technology Sydney) ISBN: 9780470744987 Format: Paperback	$105.60
The special issue gathers a range of creative and provocative contributions to examine the urban impact of trauma.... Read More >>

Heavy-Tailed Distributions in Disaster Analysis

Heavy-Tailed Distributions in Disaster Analysis
Author: V Pisarenko , M Rodkin ISBN: 9789048191727 Format: Undefined	$65.87
<p>This book presents new approaches to seismic risk estimation and forecasting the damage caused by all types of... Read More >>

Designing Resilience: Preparing for Extreme Events

Designing Resilience: Preparing for Extreme Events
Author: Louise K. Comfort , Arjen Boin ISBN: 9780822960614 Format: Paperback	$85.80
Designing Resilience presents case studies of extreme events and analyzes the ability of affected individuals, institutions,... Read More >>

In Katrina'S Wake: The U.S. Coast Guard and the Gulf Coast Hurricanes of 2005

In Katrina'S Wake: The U.S. Coast Guard and the Gulf...
Author: Donald L. Canney , James C Bradford ISBN: 9780813035109 Format: Hardback	$72.60
Meet the heroes of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita ""An in-depth, first-hand, on-the-scene account of the valiant... Read More >>

The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe

The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe...
Author: David L. Brunsma , David Overfelt ISBN: 9781442206274 Format: Paperback	$57.95
The second edition of The Sociology of Katrina again brings together the nation's top sociological researchers in... Read More >>

The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe

The Sociology of Katrina: Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe...
Author: David L. Brunsma , David Overfelt ISBN: 9781442206267 Format: Hardback	$187.95
The second edition of The Sociology of Katrina again brings together the nation's top sociological researchers in... Read More >>

A Framework for Making Multistate Disaster Management Systems Perform

A Framework for Making Multistate Disaster Management...
Author: Denise D P Thompson ISBN: 9783838376875 Format: Paperback	$269.28
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Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster

Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color...
Author: Paul Elliott ISBN: 9781458760784 Format: Paperback	$58.05
What Hurricane Katrina reveals about the fault lines of race and poverty in America-and what lessons we must take... Read More >>

The Last Days of Cleveland: And More True Tales of Crime and Disaster from Cleveland's Past

The Last Days of Cleveland: And More True Tales of Crime...
Author: John Bellamy (University of Cambridge) ISBN: 9781598510676 Format: Paperback	$39.47
#6 in this Cleveland crime and disaster series includes 15 stories. Sometimes gruesome, often surprising, these... Read More >>

Sizwe's Test: A Young Man's Journey Through Africa's AIDS Epidemic

Sizwe's Test: A Young Man's Journey Through Africa's...
Author: Jonny Steinberg (University of Oxford, UK) ISBN: 9781416552703 Format: Paperback	$60.69
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A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster

A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities...
Author: Rebecca Solnit ISBN: 9780143118077 Format: Paperback	$34.99
Originally published: New York: Viking, 2009. Read More >>

In Deep Water: The Anatomy of a Disaster, the Fate of the Gulf, and How to End Our Oil Addiction

In Deep Water: The Anatomy of a Disaster, the Fate of...
Author: Peter Lehner , Tom Weiner ISBN: 9781441773661 Format: Downloadable audio file	$105.47
On April 20, 2010, an explosion resulted in eleven deaths, the sinking of an oil rig, and the release of millions... Read More >>

In the Wake of Hurricane Katrina: New Paradigms and Social Visions

In the Wake of Hurricane Katrina: New Paradigms and...
Author: Clyde Woods (Associate Professor, University of California–Santa Barbara) ISBN: 9780801895616 Format: Paperback	$75.99
government so callously abandon its citizens when they so desperately needed federal aid? Why was the most powerful... Read More >>

Famine: A Short History

Famine: A Short History
Author: Cormac Ó Gráda ISBN: 9780691147970 Format: Paperback	$52.99
Famine remains one of the worst calamities that can befall a society. Mass starvation - whether it is inflicted... Read More >>

In Deep Water: The Anatomy of Disaster, the Fate of the Gulf, and How to End Our Oil Addiction

In Deep Water: The Anatomy of Disaster, the Fate of...
Author: Peter Lehner , Bob Deans ISBN: 9781441773630 Format: Audio	$65.87
On April 20, 2010, an explosion resulted in eleven deaths, the sinking of an oil rig, and the release of millions... Read More >>

In Deep Water: The Anatomy of a Disaster, the Fate of the Gulf, and How to End Our Oil Addiction

In Deep Water: The Anatomy of a Disaster, the Fate of...
Author: Peter Lehner , Bob Deans ISBN: 9781441773647 Format: Audio	$79.07
On April 20, 2010, an explosion resulted in eleven deaths, the sinking of an oil rig, and the release of millions... Read More >>

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