Social impact of disasters books

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Shared Risk: Complex Systems in Seismic Response

Shared Risk: Complex Systems in Seismic Response
Author: Louise K. Comfort ISBN: 9780080432113 Format: Hardback	$350.95
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Response to Disaster: Psychosocial, Community, and Ecological Approaches

Response to Disaster: Psychosocial, Community, and Ecological...
Author: Richard Gist , Bernard Lubin ISBN: 9780876309995 Format: Paperback	$94.99
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Response to Disaster: Psychosocial, Community, and Ecological Approaches

Response to Disaster: Psychosocial, Community, and Ecological...
Author: Richard Gist , Bernard Lubin ISBN: 9780876309988 Format: Hardback	$252.00
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Isaac’s Storm: The Drowning of Galveston, 8 September 1900

Isaac’s Storm: The Drowning of Galveston, 8 September...
Author: Erik Larson ISBN: 9781841152813 Format: Paperback	$25.85
Galveston, Texas, 1900. Reports of a storm in the Gulf of Mexico are relayed to Isaac Cline, chief observer of the... Read More >>

Managing Disaster Risk in Mexico: Market Incentives for Mitigation Investment

Managing Disaster Risk in Mexico: Market Incentives...
Author: World Bank , Alcira Kreimer ISBN: 9780821344910 Format: Hardback	$34.95
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A Framework for Survival: Health, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Assistance in Conflicts and Disasters

A Framework for Survival: Health, Human Rights, and...
Author: Kevin M. Cahill , Kevin M. Cahill ISBN: 9780415922357 Format: Paperback	$92.99
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Handbook on Natural Disaster Reduction in Tourist Areas

Handbook on Natural Disaster Reduction in Tourist Areas...
Author: World Tourism Organization ISBN: 9789284402397 Format: Paperback	$72.45
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Hurricanes of the North Atlantic: Climate and Society

Hurricanes of the North Atlantic: Climate and Society...
Author: James B. Elsner (Associate Professor of Meteorology, Associate Professor of Meteorology, Florida State University, USA) , A. Birol Kara (United States Naval Research Laboratory, Army Ammunization Plant, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Army Ammunization Plant, NASA Stennis Space Center, USA) ISBN: 9780195125085 Format: Hardback	$266.00
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Living with Drought: Drought Mitigation for Sustainable Livelihoods

Living with Drought: Drought Mitigation for Sustainable...
Author: Astrid von Kotze , Ailsa Holloway ISBN: 9781853394706 Format: Mixed media product	$94.91
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Living with the Unexpected: Linking Disaster Recovery to Sustainable Development in Montserrat

Living with the Unexpected: Linking Disaster Recovery...
Author: A.K. Possekel , I. Adams ISBN: 9783540657095 Format: Hardback	$498.96
This study deals with complexity and uncertainty, focusing on methods that enable communities to cope with natural... Read More >>

Famine, Conflict and Response

Famine, Conflict and Response
Author: Frederick Cuny , Richard B Hill ISBN: 9781565490901 Format: Paperback	$34.95
Prior to disappearing in Chechnya in 1995, veteran relief worker Cuny completed this guide to understanding the... Read More >>

Don't Panic: The Psychology of Emergency Egress and Ingress

Don't Panic: The Psychology of Emergency Egress and...
Author: Jerome M. Chertkoff , Russell Kushigian ISBN: 9780275962685 Format: Hardback	$131.00
A comparative analysis of some of the disasters in U.S. history with cases of successful emergency escape. Read More >>

Survival for Aircrew

Survival for Aircrew
Author: Sarah-Jane Prew , Simon Austin ISBN: 9781840145212 Format: Hardback	$231.00
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Mission Improbable: Using Fantasy Documents to Tame Disaster

Mission Improbable: Using Fantasy Documents to Tame...
Author: Lee Clarke ISBN: 9780226109411 Format: Hardback	$92.40
Clarke examines attempts to prepare for catastrophes such as oil spills and nuclear attack by businesses and governments,... Read More >>

Gresford: The Anatomy of a Disaster

Gresford: The Anatomy of a Disaster
Author: Stanley Williamson ISBN: 9780853239024 Format: Paperback	$66.00
This is a story, often reported in the words of witnesses and survivors of the tragedy, providing a contribution... Read More >>

Healing Communities in Conflict: International Assistance in Complex Emergencies

Healing Communities in Conflict: International Assistance...
Author: Kimberly Maynard ISBN: 9780231112789 Format: Hardback	$182.95
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Notes on the Plague Years: AIDS in Marseilles

Notes on the Plague Years: AIDS in Marseilles
Author: Bernard Paillard ISBN: 9780202305547 Format: Hardback	$137.15
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The Impacts of Natural Disasters: A Framework for Loss Estimation

The Impacts of Natural Disasters: A Framework for Loss...
Author: Committee on Assessing the Costs of Natural Disasters , Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources ISBN: 9780309075107 Format: Paperback	$91.74
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Children and Disasters

Children and Disasters
Author: Norma Gordon , Norman L. Farberow ISBN: 9780876309322 Format: Hardback	$284.00
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Exodus within Borders: An Introduction to the Crisis of Internal Displacement

Exodus within Borders: An Introduction to the Crisis...
Author: David A. Korn , Sebastaio Salgado ISBN: 9780815749547 Format: Hardback	$52.99
This book aims to make available to the lay public a better understanding of one of the great tragedies of our times:... Read More >>

Notes on the Plague Years: AIDS in Marseilles

Notes on the Plague Years: AIDS in Marseilles
Author: Bernard Paillard ISBN: 9780202305554 Format: Paperback	$65.87
In 1988 the author was sent down to Marseilles as leader of a team investigating the societal impact of the epidemic... Read More >>

Geological Hazards: Their Assessment, Avoidance and Mitigation

Geological Hazards: Their Assessment, Avoidance and...
Author: Fred G. Bell (formerly at the University of Natal, South Africa) ISBN: 9780419169703 Format: Hardback	$595.13
Geological Hazards considers both natural and man-made disasters in a single volume. It examines methods of assessing,... Read More >>

Crucibles of Hazard: Mega-Cities and Disasters in Transition

Crucibles of Hazard: Mega-Cities and Disasters in Transition...
Author: James K. Mitchell ISBN: 9789280809879 Format: Paperback	$54.95
In this collaborative study of environmental risks in ten of the world's major cities, geographers, planners, and... Read More >>

Who's Hungry? And How Do We Know?: Food Shortage, Poverty, and Deprivation

Who's Hungry? And How Do We Know?: Food Shortage, Poverty,...
Author: Laurie DeRose , Ellen Messer ISBN: 9789280809855 Format: Paperback	$30.95
This book recognizes that any attempt to reduce hunger requires a sound understanding of which people are affected.... Read More >>

Human Insecurity in East Asia

Human Insecurity in East Asia
Author: Michio Umegaki , Lynn Thiesmeyer ISBN: 9789280811643 Format: Paperback	$95.04
Threats to human security aren’t always as cataclysmic as a war or natural disaster. This book calls attention to... Read More >>

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