Social impact of disasters books

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Here is a comprehensive overview of the geophysical, technological, and social aspects of natural disasters. The...  Read More >>

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An introductory text on natural disasters, combining an authoritative treatment of the physical basis of the subject...  Read More >>

Analyses the contemporary food crisis in Africa from an historical perspective, using two West African case studies....  Read More >>

Taking a look at the causes of homelessness in the United States, Joel Blau disproves the convenient myths that...  Read More >>

Africa has suffered the most dramatic impacts from drought during the past several decades­ the recent droughts...  Read More >>

Presents the results of a major research project to examine the response of the social services and other care...  Read More >>

This comprehensive sourcebook brings together a wealth of information on methods that can be used to safely size...  Read More >>

This study sets out to develop a new framework for the analysis of disaster situations in developing countries....  Read More >>

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""This comprehensive book examines refugee flows originating in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and demonstrates...  Read More >>

`This deeply courageous, independent-minded analysis of fundamental political, socialn and cultural issues offers...  Read More >>

This volume contains contribution ranges for a comprehensive concept, which in a multidisciplinary approach, spectrum...  Read More >>

Shows how the landless poor of Bangladesh have worked to determine their own future, independent of the existing...  Read More >>

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This volume serves as a guide to organizing mental health services when disaster strikes a community. Through firsthand...  Read More >>

An examination of the debate in political theory about the true concept of human nature. The author argues that...  Read More >>

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Focuses on the two famine emergencies in the Sudan in the 1980s - the great African drought-related famine of 1984-86...  Read More >>

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"Focusing on the practical problems of the assessment of geohazards in developing countries, their prediction and...  Read More >>

This volume examines the role played by custom, socio-economic variables, and access to health services, in providing...  Read More >>

This book presents the first study of an ethics of care, offering a detailed exploration of human ""care"" in its...  Read More >>