Social impact of disasters books

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World Disasters Report 1996

World Disasters Report 1996
Author: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ISBN: 9780198290797 Format: Paperback	$90.00
The Report provides up-to-date information and analysis of humanitarian disasters around the world. It also provides... Read More >>

World Disasters Report 1996

World Disasters Report 1996
Author: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ISBN: 9780198290803 Format: Hardback	$120.00
The Report provides up-to-date information and analysis of humanitarian disasters around the world. It also provides... Read More >>

The Hunger Report 1995: The Alan Shawn Feinstein World Hunger Program, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

The Hunger Report 1995: The Alan Shawn Feinstein World...
Author: E. Messer , P. Uvin ISBN: 9789056995188 Format: Paperback	$96.99
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The United Nations and Somalia, 1992-96

The United Nations and Somalia, 1992-96
Author: United Nations , Boutros Boutros-Ghali ISBN: 9789211005660 Format: Paperback	$46.95
This work is an account of the United Nations involvement in Somalia after the civil war, famine and the collapse... Read More >>

A Starving People: Life and Death in West Clare, 1845-1851

A Starving People: Life and Death in West Clare, 1845-1851...
Author: Ignatius Murphy ISBN: 9780716525875 Format: Paperback	$60.59
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Before the Famine Struck: Life in West Clare, 1834-1845

Before the Famine Struck: Life in West Clare, 1834-1845...
Author: Ignatius Murphy ISBN: 9780716525868 Format: Paperback	$60.59
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Reduction And Predictability Of Natural Disasters

Reduction And Predictability Of Natural Disasters
Author: John Rundle , William Klein ISBN: 9780201870497 Format: Paperback	$105.00
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The Demography of Famines

The Demography of Famines
Author: Arup Maharatna ISBN: 9780195637113 Format: Hardback	$2100.00
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Developing Building for Safety Programmes: Guidelines for organizing safe building programmes in disaster-prone areas

Developing Building for Safety Programmes: Guidelines...
Author: Yasemin Aysan , Andrew Clayton ISBN: 9781853391842 Format: Paperback	$46.45
Summarizes the basic principles to be considered in the planning and implementation of community-based building... Read More >>

Smoldering City: Chicagoans and the Great Fire, 1871-1874

Smoldering City: Chicagoans and the Great Fire, 1871-1874...
Author: Karen Sawislak ISBN: 9780226735481 Format: Paperback	$56.95
Drawing on memoirs, private correspondences and other sources, this book examines the aftermath of the Great Chicago... Read More >>

Famine Early Warning and Response: The missing link

Famine Early Warning and Response: The missing link...
Author: Margaret Buchanan-Smith , Susanna Davies ISBN: 9781853392917 Format: Paperback	$84.35
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Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness and Response: An audit of UK assets

Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness and Response: An audit...
Author: David Sanderson , Ian Davis ISBN: 9781853393310 Format: Paperback	$84.35
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Nutrition Matters: People, food and famine

Nutrition Matters: People, food and famine
Author: Helen Young , Susanne Jaspers ISBN: 9781853392436 Format: Paperback	$60.59
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Technical Principles of Building for Safety

Technical Principles of Building for Safety
Author: Andrew Coburn , Richard Hughes ISBN: 9781853391828 Format: Paperback	$33.51
This book describes principles and construction techniques for builders, householders and communities who are building... Read More >>

Disaster Management in the U.S. and Canada: The Politics, Policymaking, and Administration, and Analysis of Emergency Management

Disaster Management in the U.S. and Canada: The Politics,...
Author: Richard T Sylves, Ed , William L Waugh, Jr. ISBN: 9780398066093 Format: Paperback	$213.84
Emergency management has become a vital profession, better able to meet ever-increasing public demands, better able... Read More >>

Disaster and Development in the Horn of Africa

Disaster and Development in the Horn of Africa
Author: John Sorenson ISBN: 9780333607992 Format: Hardback	$232.85
The Horn of Africa has suffered repeated disasters: wars, drought, famine, mass refugee movements and environmental... Read More >>

Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin: An Evaluation

Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin:...
Author: National Research Council , Division on Earth and Life Studies ISBN: 9780309053341 Format: Paperback	$95.74
Provides comments on technical issues, including a review report - ""American River Watershed Investigation"", and... Read More >>

Defence from Floods and Floodplain Management

Defence from Floods and Floodplain Management
Author: John Gardiner , Odon Starosolszky ISBN: 9780792337058 Format: Hardback	$1000.56
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, Budapest, Hungary, April 26--May 7, 1994 Read More >>

Breakdown: Deadly Technological Disasters

Breakdown: Deadly Technological Disasters
Author: Neil Schlager ISBN: 9780787604783 Format: Paperback	$42.11
Explores the causes and effects of 35 recent man-made disasters and their related casualties. Failures in aircraft,... Read More >>

Writing the Irish Famine

Writing the Irish Famine
Author: Christopher Morash (Lecturer in English, Lecturer in English, St Patrick's College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare) ISBN: 9780198182795 Format: Hardback	$371.00
Writing the Famine examines literary texts by writers such as William Carleton, Anthony Trollope, James Clarence... Read More >>

Flirting with Disaster: Public Management in Crisis Situations: Public Management in Crisis Situations

Flirting with Disaster: Public Management in Crisis...
Author: Saundra K. Schneider ISBN: 9781563245718 Format: Paperback	$86.99
An examination of governmental performance during natural disaster situations. It seeks to explain why some governmental... Read More >>

Fearful Realities: New Perspectives on the Famine

Fearful Realities: New Perspectives on the Famine
Author: Christopher Morash , Richard Hayes ISBN: 9780716525660 Format: Paperback	$79.20
"""The great strength of this collection is its interdisciplinary scope....the editors and publishers are to be... Read More >>

Fearful Realities: New Perspectives on the Famine

Fearful Realities: New Perspectives on the Famine
Author: Christopher Morash , Richard Hayes ISBN: 9780716525653 Format: Hardback	$198.00
The great strength of this collection is its interdisciplinary scope....the editors and publishers are to be complimented... Read More >>

Flirting with Disaster: Public Management in Crisis Situations: Public Management in Crisis Situations

Flirting with Disaster: Public Management in Crisis...
Author: Saundra K. Schneider ISBN: 9781563245701 Format: Hardback	$261.23
An examination of governmental performance during natural disaster situations. It seeks to explain why some governmental... Read More >>

Nothing, Nobody: The Voices of the Mexico City Earthquake

Nothing, Nobody: The Voices of the Mexico City Earthquake...
Author: Elena Poniatowska , Aurora Camachom de Schmidt (Assistant Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Swarthmore College, USA) ISBN: 9781566393454 Format: Paperback	$86.99
In September 19, 1985, a powerful earthquake hit Mexico City in the early morning hours. Written by a Mexican journalist,... Read More >>

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