Social impact of disasters books

This publication describes the contends of the inventory of accidents and losses at sea involving radioactive material....  Read More >>

Clarke examines attempts to prepare for catastrophes such as oil spills and nuclear attack by businesses and governments,...  Read More >>

Hurricanes are a key factor in the development of modern Cuba. This book shows how these great storms - and three...  Read More >>

This title offers a comprehensive account of early warning systems developed for hydro-meteorological disasters...  Read More >>

This study brings a new perspective to the subject of building local capacities in emergency and post-emergency...  Read More >>

Hurricanes are a key factor in the development of modern Cuba. This book shows how these great storms - and three...  Read More >>

This study brings a new perspective to the subject of building local capacities in emergency and post-emergency...  Read More >>

Based on a wide selection of resources, this record of the Great Famine provides a graphic picture of conditions...  Read More >>

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The Prisoner of War Missing in Action issue in America has long been a confusing and complex issue. Better than...  Read More >>

This volume is the proceedings of a NATO-sponsored Advanced Study Institute (ASI) entitled ""Coping with Flash Floods""...  Read More >>

This volume is the proceedings of a NATO-sponsored Advanced Study Institute (ASI) entitled ""Coping with Flash Floods""...  Read More >>

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Changes that have occurred in food availability, production and selection around the world raise questions about...  Read More >>

Organized alphabetically by disaster type, this natural-disaster reference describes each disaster in scientific...  Read More >>

This book describes a project among small-scale farmers in the drought-prone and arid communal lands of Zimbabwe...  Read More >>

What do we know about the origins and extent of the North Korean famine of 1994-99? Why did donor governments and...  Read More >>

"For more than 40 years, the international ""aid industry"" sent cash and field workers to Africa to boost ""development""--to...  Read More >>

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The poor in developing countries are particularly vulnerable to adverse shocks. They have little or no access to...  Read More >>

This two-volume work examines the causes of civil war and consequent humanitarian emergencies in developing countries....  Read More >>

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Reviews the Corps of Engineers' risk-based techniques in its flood damage reduction studies and makes recommendations...  Read More >>

Whose Hunger? shows how the forms and ideas of modernity frame our understanding of famine and, consequently, shape...  Read More >>