Social impact of disasters books

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After Disaster: Agenda Setting, Public Policy and Focusing Events

After Disaster: Agenda Setting, Public Policy and Focusing...
Author: Thomas A Birkland ISBN: 9780878406524 Format: Hardback	$145.07
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Floods: People at Risk - Strategies for Prevention

Floods: People at Risk - Strategies for Prevention
Author: United Nations ISBN: 9789211320213 Format: Hardback	$49.95
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Preparing for Terrorism: An Emergency Services Guide

Preparing for Terrorism: An Emergency Services Guide...
Author: George Buck ISBN: 9780827383975 Format: Hardback	$211.07
This timely text enables the student to develop the skills for dealing with terrorism on many levels: preparing... Read More >>

After Disaster: Agenda Setting, Public Policy, and Focusing Events

After Disaster: Agenda Setting, Public Policy, and Focusing...
Author: Thomas A. Birkland , Thomas A. Birkland ISBN: 9780878406531 Format: Paperback	$63.99
Disasters like earthquakes are known as focusing events - sudden calamities that cause both citizens and policymakers... Read More >>

Living with Hazards, Dealing with Disasters: An Introduction to Emergency Management: An Introduction to Emergency Management

Living with Hazards, Dealing with Disasters: An Introduction...
Author: William L Waugh ISBN: 9780765601957 Format: Hardback	$305.00
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Foreign Aid In A Changing World

Foreign Aid In A Changing World
Author: Peter Burnell ISBN: 9780335195244 Format: Paperback	$153.07
Foreign aid has undergone considerable changes over the years. Offering an introduction for various social science... Read More >>

Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising And The 1960s

Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising And The 1960s
Author: Gerald Horne ISBN: 9780306807923 Format: Paperback	$34.99
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The Feminization of Famine: Expressions of the Inexpressible?

The Feminization of Famine: Expressions of the Inexpressible?...
Author: Margaret Kelleher ISBN: 9780822320456 Format: Paperback	$63.23
A comparative study of female representation in famine literature ranging from 19th century accounts of the Irish... Read More >>

The Feminization of Famine: Expressions of the Inexpressible?

The Feminization of Famine: Expressions of the Inexpressible?...
Author: Margaret Kelleher ISBN: 9780822320326 Format: Hardback	$224.27
A comparative study of female representation in famine literature ranging from 19th century accounts of the Irish... Read More >>

World Disasters Report 1997

World Disasters Report 1997
Author: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ISBN: 9780198292906 Format: Paperback	$60.00
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Cotton and Famine in Berar 1850-1900

Cotton and Famine in Berar 1850-1900
Author: Laxman D. Satya ISBN: 9788173041600 Format: Hardback	$141.90
the essays in the book relate to colonial history of Calcutta, architecture and politics of New Delhi, australian... Read More >>

Cartographies of Danger: Mapping Hazards in America

Cartographies of Danger: Mapping Hazards in America...
Author: Mark Monmonier ISBN: 9780226534183 Format: Hardback	$89.95
Explains how maps can tell where to anticipate certain hazards, but also how maps can be misleading. The text considers... Read More >>

Demographic Responses to Ecological Degradation and Food Insecurity: Drought Prone Areas in Northern Ethiopia

Demographic Responses to Ecological Degradation and...
Author: Markos Ezra ISBN: 9789051704150 Format: Undefined	$105.60
Debilitating food shortages and tragic famines have been among the major problems facing many Sub-Saharan countries... Read More >>

World Hunger

World Hunger
Author: Liz Young ISBN: 9780415137737 Format: Paperback	$79.99
Explaining the essential political character of hunger, Young exposes popular myths and identifies positive changes... Read More >>

The Great Cyclone at St. Louis and East St.Louis, May 27, 1896

The Great Cyclone at St. Louis and East St.Louis, May...
Author: Julian Curzon , Tim O'Neil ISBN: 9780809321247 Format: Paperback	$47.30
Compiled from stories in the city's daily newspapers, this text gives an account of the great cyclone at St. Louis... Read More >>

Disaster Planning and Recovery: A Guide for Facility Professionals

Disaster Planning and Recovery: A Guide for Facility...
Author: Alan M. Levitt ISBN: 9780471142058 Format: Hardback	$241.95
Hurricane Andrew, the Mississippi River floods, a fire in the basement of a high-rise office buildingdisasters cost... Read More >>

A Death-Dealing Famine: The Great Hunger in Ireland

A Death-Dealing Famine: The Great Hunger in Ireland...
Author: Prof. Christine Kinealy ISBN: 9780745310749 Format: Paperback	$54.95
Examines the historiography of the Irish Famine and its relevance now, in the context of the longer-term relationship... Read More >>

A Death-Dealing Famine: The Great Hunger in Ireland

A Death-Dealing Famine: The Great Hunger in Ireland...
Author: Prof. Christine Kinealy ISBN: 9780745310756 Format: Hardback	$234.96
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Disaster Recovery for Archives, Libraries and Records Management Systems in Australia and New Zealand

Disaster Recovery for Archives, Libraries and Records...
Author: Judith Doig ISBN: 9780949060358 Format: Paperback	$54.31
A book about disaster recovery for archivists, librarians and records managers which discusses the history of disaster... Read More >>

Mudflows: Experience and Lessons Learned from the Management of Major Disasters

Mudflows: Experience and Lessons Learned from the Management...
Author: United Nations ISBN: 9789211320206 Format: Paperback	$92.95
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Hurricanes: Climate and Socioeconomic Impacts

Hurricanes: Climate and Socioeconomic Impacts
Author: H.F. Diaz , R.S. Pulwarty (University of Colorado, Boulder, USA) ISBN: 9783540620785 Format: Hardback	$263.87
This volume examines the socioeconomic impacts of hurricanes. It should be of interest to climatologists and meteorologists... Read More >>

Regions of Risk: A Geographical Introduction to Disasters

Regions of Risk: A Geographical Introduction to Disasters...
Author: Kenneth Hewitt ISBN: 9780582210059 Format: Paperback	$131.00
Providing a general introduction to the key concepts and existing debates within the field of hazards, human vulnerability... Read More >>

Research on Social Work and Disasters

Research on Social Work and Disasters
Author: Calvin Streeter , Susan A Murty ISBN: 9780789000286 Format: Hardback	$252.00
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Research on Social Work and Disasters

Research on Social Work and Disasters
Author: Calvin Streeter , Susan A Murty ISBN: 9780789003034 Format: Paperback	$69.99
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The Public Health Consequences of Disasters

The Public Health Consequences of Disasters
Author: Eric K. Noji (Chief of the International Emergency & Refugee Health Unit, Chief of the International Emergency & Refugee Health Unit, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) ISBN: 9780195095708 Format: Hardback	$286.00
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