Social impact of disasters books

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Provides an overview of what is known about natural hazards, disasters, recovery, and mitigation, how research findings...  Read More >>

The proceedings of the Development Studies Association conference held in Dublin on the 150th anniversary of the...  Read More >>

The Roadmakers left only ruins behind -- but what magnificent ruins! Their concrete highways still cross the continent....  Read More >>

The horrors of the Great Famine (1315-1322), one of the severest catastrophes ever to strike northern Europe. This...  Read More >>

This book examines emerging concerns about the export of trauma experts and counsellors to war-torn areas of the...  Read More >>

This book evolved from a collaborative research project between the University of Manitoba, Canada and Jahangirnagar...  Read More >>

""Social Suffering"" takes in the human consequences of war, famine, depression, disease and torture, problems that...  Read More >>

This volume explores the gendered and gendering effects of violence against women in the extreme situations of major...  Read More >>

For many decades federal emergency and disaster policy and management has been an important but one of the least...  Read More >>

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Adopting an integrated approach to natural hazards that incorporates facets of both the physical and social sciences,...  Read More >>

Analyzes the consequences of conflict and competition, especially associated with race, ethnicity and gender in...  Read More >>

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Explores theoretical and empirical dimensions of the intuitive perception that sudden and catastrophic events can...  Read More >>

This timely text enables the student to develop the skills for dealing with terrorism on many levels: preparing...  Read More >>

Disasters like earthquakes are known as focusing events - sudden calamities that cause both citizens and policymakers...  Read More >>

Designed as an introduction to emergency management, this book includes pieces on: social, political, and fiscal...  Read More >>

Foreign aid has undergone considerable changes over the years. Offering an introduction for various social science...  Read More >>

A comprehensive treatment of the uprising, its causes, and its aftermath, based on oral histories and archival research....  Read More >>

A comparative study of female representation in famine literature ranging from 19th century accounts of the Irish...  Read More >>

A comparative study of female representation in famine literature ranging from 19th century accounts of the Irish...  Read More >>

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