Social impact of disasters books

A comparative analysis of some of the disasters in U.S. history with cases of successful emergency escape.  Read More >>

Survival for Aircrew is designed to teach airline crews and general aviation pilots everything they need to know...  Read More >>

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

This is a story, often reported in the words of witnesses and survivors of the tragedy, providing a contribution...  Read More >>

This book shows how the international community can be more effective in the war-torn, disaster-scarred regions...  Read More >>

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In this collaborative study of environmental risks in ten of the world's major cities, geographers, planners, and...  Read More >>

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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 considers both natural and man-made disasters in a single volume. It examines methods of assessing,...  Read More >>

This book aims to make available to the lay public a better understanding of one of the great tragedies of our times:...  Read More >>

This book recognizes that any attempt to reduce hunger requires a sound understanding of which people are affected....  Read More >>

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Describes the cost and magnitude of the injury problem in America and looks at the response by the public and private...  Read More >>

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This work aims to improve the relationship between the media and organizations subject to media scrutiny at a time...  Read More >>

Offers an account of the disaster in which 96 Liverpool FC fans - men, women and children - died, hundreds were...  Read More >>

Starting with a fresh reflection on the Great Hunger this booklet links famine in Ireland to the terrible reality...  Read More >>

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This is a study of Northern Norway and Atlantic Canada. It examines the implications of common market integration,...  Read More >>

Through case studies of six recent urban disasters - Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina, Hurricane Andrew in Florida,...  Read More >>

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An examination of natural hazard mitigation for planners, policymakers, students of planning and geography, and...  Read More >>

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