Social impact of disasters books

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Administration and the Other

Administration and the Other
Author: Kyle Farmbry ISBN: 9781282494251 Format: Electronic book text	$87.09
Administration and the Other examines the social construction of groups of people and resultant policy impacts in... Read More >>

Narrating the Storm: Sociological Stories of Hurricane Katrina

Narrating the Storm: Sociological Stories of Hurricane...
Author: Danielle A Hidalgo , Kristen Barber ISBN: 9781282190108 Format: Electronic book text	$166.69
For those interested in learning more about the personal impact of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, Narrating... Read More >>

Risk and Crisis Management

Risk and Crisis Management
Author: Akira Ishikawa , Atsushi Tsujimoto ISBN: 9781282758162 Format: Electronic book text	$198.00
Natural disasters, terrorist attacks, financial collapses, and other crisis situations have occupied public attention... Read More >>

Is America Safe?

Is America Safe?
Author: Robert T Jordan , Don Philpott ISBN: 9781282480865 Format: Electronic book text	$79.17
As potential targets, such as military facilities, symbols of democracy, government buildings, and infrastructure... Read More >>

Filling the Ark

Filling the Ark
Author: Leslie Irvine ISBN: 9781282115606 Format: Electronic book text	$77.88
When disasters strike, people are not the only victims. Hurricane Katrina raised public attention about how disasters... Read More >>

Hurricane Katrina: America's Unnatural Disaster

Hurricane Katrina: America's Unnatural Disaster
Author: Jeremy I Levitt (Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University) ISBN: 9781282130890 Format: Electronic book text	$118.80
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Perilous Place, Powerful Storms: Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana

Perilous Place, Powerful Storms: Hurricane Protection...
Author: Craig E Colten ISBN: 9781282485921 Format: Electronic book text	$132.00
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Fire Underground

Fire Underground
Author: David DeKok ISBN: 9781322118963 Format: Electronic book text	$50.13
How a modern-day mine disaster has turned a Pennsylvania community into a ghost town*For much of its history, Centralia,... Read More >>

Benefits of Famine: A Political Economy of Famine and Relief in Southwestern Sudan, 1983-9

Benefits of Famine: A Political Economy of Famine and...
Author: David Keen ISBN: 9781847013149 Format: Paperback	$64.66
First paperback edition with a new and updated author's introduction, and a Foreword by Douglas H. Johnson.. Read More >>

Harmonization of Seismic Hazard in Vrancea Zone: with Special Emphasis on Seismic Risk Reduction

Harmonization of Seismic Hazard in Vrancea Zone: with...
Author: Anton Zaicenco , Iolanda Craifaleanu ISBN: 9781402092404 Format: Hardback	$630.96
The NATO Science for Peace Project SfP-980468 Harmonization of Seismic Hazard and Risk Reduction in Countries Influenced... Read More >>

Harmonization of Seismic Hazard in Vrancea Zone: with Special Emphasis on Seismic Risk Reduction

Harmonization of Seismic Hazard in Vrancea Zone: with...
Author: Anton Zaicenco , Iolanda Craifaleanu ISBN: 9781402092411 Format: Paperback	$287.76
The NATO Science for Peace Project SfP-980468 Harmonization of Seismic Hazard and Risk Reduction in Countries Influenced... Read More >>

Global Warming, Natural Hazards, and Emergency Management

Global Warming, Natural Hazards, and Emergency Management...
Author: George Haddow , Jane A. Bullock ISBN: 9781420081824 Format: Paperback	$168.00
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The End: Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human Survival

The End: Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and...
Author: Marq De Villiers ISBN: 9780312365691 Format: Undefined	$71.15
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Reconnecting Consumers, Producers and Food: Exploring Alternatives

Reconnecting Consumers, Producers and Food: Exploring...
Author: Moya Kneafsey , Rosie Cox ISBN: 9781845202538 Format: Paperback	$76.99
Presents analysis of alternatives to models of food provision. This book offers insights into the identities, motives... Read More >>

Hunger Efforts & Food Security

Hunger Efforts & Food Security
Author: James C Tobin ISBN: 9781606921784 Format: Paperback	$113.52
Examines factors that contribute to persistent food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa and the extent to which host... Read More >>

American Disasters: 201 Calamities That Shook the Nation

American Disasters: 201 Calamities That Shook the Nation...
Author: Ballard C. Campbell ISBN: 9780816077359 Format: Paperback	$65.87
Covers more than 200 of the most significant, life-altering disasters, including hurricanes, earthquakes, floods,... Read More >>

North American Homeland Security: Back to Bilateralism?

North American Homeland Security: Back to Bilateralism?...
Author: Imtiaz Hussain , Satya R. Pattnayak ISBN: 9780313356865 Format: Hardback	$120.00
Did 9/11 revive a North American guns-butter trade-off? Established in the largest administrative overhaul since... Read More >>

After the Disaster: Re-Creating Community and Well-Being at Buffalo Creek Since the Notorious Coal Mining Disaster in 1972

After the Disaster: Re-Creating Community and Well-Being...
Author: T P Schwartz-Barcott , Timothy Philip Schwartz-Barcott ISBN: 9781604975505 Format: Hardback	$356.27
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Walking to New Orleans: Ethics and the Concept of Participatory Design in Post-Disaster Reconstruction

Walking to New Orleans: Ethics and the Concept of Participatory...
Author: Robert R N Ross , Deanne E B Ross ISBN: 9781556352249 Format: Paperback	$155.76
Two and a half years after the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, New Orleans and south Louisiana continue... Read More >>

Walking to New Orleans: Ethics and the Concept of Participatory Design in Post-Disaster Reconstruction

Walking to New Orleans: Ethics and the Concept of Participatory...
Author: Robert R N Ross , Deanne E B Ross ISBN: 9781498250108 Format: Hardback	$242.88
Two and a half years after the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, New Orleans and south Louisiana continue... Read More >>

Great British Weather Disasters

Great British Weather Disasters
Author: Philip Eden ISBN: 9780826476210 Format: Hardback	$92.27
What then is the place of weather disasters in our climate? Are they freaks or a necessary part of the whole? How... Read More >>

Blindside: How to Anticipate Forcing Events and Wild Cards in Global Politics

Blindside: How to Anticipate Forcing Events and Wild...
Author: Francis Fukuyama ISBN: 9780815729914 Format: Paperback	$46.99
A host of catastrophes, natural and otherwise, as well as some pleasant surprises —like the sudden end of the cold... Read More >>

No Ordinary Heroes: 8 Doctors, 30 Nurses, 7000 Prisoners, and a Category 5 Hurricane

No Ordinary Heroes: 8 Doctors, 30 Nurses, 7000 Prisoners,...
Author: Diana G. Gallagher , Demaree Inglese ISBN: 9780806528328 Format: Paperback	$42.11
The true life-and-death drama that unfolded in a New Orleans prison complex when Hurrican Katrina struck. A unique... Read More >>

Food Security for the Faint of Heart

Food Security for the Faint of Heart
Author: Robin Wheeler ISBN: 9780865716247 Format: Paperback	$44.75
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Addicted to Life & Death: Memoirs of an EMT and Deputy Coroner

Addicted to Life & Death: Memoirs of an EMT and Deputy...
Author: Janice Ballenger ISBN: 9781601261434 Format: Paperback	$52.67
When Janice Ballenger joined a volunteer rescue company, she began keeping a journal, and clipping news articles... Read More >>

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