Social impact of disasters books

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The Ecology of the Chernobyl Catastrophe

The Ecology of the Chernobyl Catastrophe
Author: V.K. Savchenko ISBN: 9781850706564 Format: Hardback	$211.07
A comprehensive analysis of the effect of the Chernobyl disaster on natural ecosystems, agro-ecosystems, human ecology,... Read More >>

Geographical Information Systems in Assessing Natural Hazards

Geographical Information Systems in Assessing Natural...
Author: Alberto Carrara , Fausto Guzzetti ISBN: 9780792335023 Format: Hardback	$472.56
The 16 contributions to Geographical Information Systems in Assessing Natural Hazards report on GIS investigations... Read More >>

Eating Agendas: Food and Nutrition as Social Problems

Eating Agendas: Food and Nutrition as Social Problems...
Author: Donna Maurer , Jeffrey Sobal ISBN: 9780202305080 Format: Paperback	$79.07
The international group of sociological and nutritional scientists in this volume represent the research that has... Read More >>

Eating Agendas: Food and Nutrition as Social Problems

Eating Agendas: Food and Nutrition as Social Problems...
Author: Donna Maurer , Jeffrey Sobal ISBN: 9780202305073 Format: Hardback	$137.15
The international group of sociological and nutritional scientists in this volume represent the research that has... Read More >>

Guidelines for Technical Planning for On-Site Emergencies

Guidelines for Technical Planning for On-Site Emergencies...
Author: CCPS (Center for Chemical Process Safety) ISBN: 9780816906536 Format: Hardback	$393.95
Deals with prevention, preparedness, response and recovery, which are the key components of emergency planning.... Read More >>

World Disasters Report, Volume 3 (1995)

World Disasters Report, Volume 3 (1995)
Author: Int. Fed. of the Red Cross and Red Cresc ISBN: 9789041100382 Format: Paperback	$332.64
The Report provides up-to-date information and analysis of humanitarian disasters around the world. It also provides... Read More >>

Humanitarianism Under Siege: A Critical Review of Operation Lifeline Sudan

Humanitarianism Under Siege: A Critical Review of Operation...
Author: et al , Larry Minear ISBN: 9780932415660 Format: Paperback	$44.75
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Food Security Policy in Africa Between Disaster Relief and Structural Adjustment: Reflections on the Conception and Effectiveness of Policies; the case of Tanzania

Food Security Policy in Africa Between Disaster Relief...
Author: Gabriele Geier ISBN: 9780714641836 Format: Paperback	$92.99
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Hunger in History: Food Shortage, Proverty, and Deprivation

Hunger in History: Food Shortage, Proverty, and Deprivation...
Author: Lucile F. Newman (Brown University, Rhode Island) ISBN: 9781557866288 Format: Paperback	$80.95
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Natural Hazards

Natural Hazards
Author: David Chapman ISBN: 9780195535648 Format: Paperback	$26.95
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Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief: Great Chicago Fire, the Haymarket Bomb and the Model Town of Pullman

Urban Disorder and the Shape of Belief: Great Chicago...
Author: Carl Smith ISBN: 9780226764160 Format: Hardback	$125.40
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Children of Atlantis

Children of Atlantis
Author: Zdenko Lešic ISBN: 9781858660417 Format: Paperback	$50.03
This book offers a snapshot of virtually a whole generation of young people on the threshold of their working lives,... Read More >>

Letters from Ireland During the Famine of 1847

Letters from Ireland During the Famine of 1847
Author: Alexander Sommerville , Keith Snell ISBN: 9780716525455 Format: Paperback	$51.48
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POVERTY, FAMINE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: The Selected Essays of Meghnad Desai, Volume II

POVERTY, FAMINE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: The Selected...
Author: Meghnad Desai ISBN: 9781852786908 Format: Hardback	$285.00
Issues discussed include econometric testing of the disguised unemployment hypothesis, theoretical and applied approaches... Read More >>

Enriching Lives: Overcoming Vitamin and Mineral Malnutrition in Developing Countries

Enriching Lives: Overcoming Vitamin and Mineral Malnutrition...
Author: World Bank Group ISBN: 9780821329870 Format: Hardback	$34.95
Vitamin and mineral (micronutrient) deficiencies impose high economic costs on virtually every developing country.... Read More >>

Building For Safety Compendium: An annotated bibliography and information directory for safe building programmes in disaster-prone areas

Building For Safety Compendium: An annotated bibliography...
Author: Andrew Clayton , Ian Davis ISBN: 9781853391811 Format: Paperback	$25.75
Compendium of key publications, organizations, information sources and funding agencies for building improvement... Read More >>

Journeys Through Hell: Stories of Burn Survivors' Reconstruction of Self and Identity

Journeys Through Hell: Stories of Burn Survivors' Reconstruction...
Author: Dennis J. Stouffer ISBN: 9780847678921 Format: Paperback	$56.99
Based on interviews with 20 adult burn survivors, Stouffer examines self- identity and social reality. He combines... Read More >>

The Great Irish Famine

The Great Irish Famine
Author: Cathal Poirteir , Dr Sean Connolly ISBN: 9781856351119 Format: Paperback	$36.20
The most wide-ranging series of essays ever published on the Irish famine. Read More >>

Challenge of Famine: Recent Experience, Lessons Learned

Challenge of Famine: Recent Experience, Lessons Learned...
Author: JohnOsgood Field ISBN: 9781565490185 Format: Paperback	$27.95
Addresses famine within a developmental and political economy framework. Read More >>

Earthquake and Casualties

Earthquake and Casualties
Author: Bahram Hojabri ISBN: 9781585000937 Format: Paperback	$28.64
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Island Refuge: Britain and Refugees from the Third Reich 1933-1939

Island Refuge: Britain and Refugees from the Third Reich...
Author: A.J. Sherman ISBN: 9780714645735 Format: Paperback	$69.99
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Letters from Ireland During the Famine of 1847

Letters from Ireland During the Famine of 1847
Author: Alexander Somerville , Keith Snell ISBN: 9780716525301 Format: Hardback	$118.80
Alexander Somerville's unique account of the Irish famine was first published in 1852. However, as it was contained... Read More >>

Private Voluntary Organizations in Egypt: Islamic Development, Private Initiative and State Control

Private Voluntary Organizations in Egypt: Islamic Development,...
Author: Denis J. Sullivan , Affiliate in Research, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Harvard University, USA) ISBN: 9780813012902 Format: Paperback	$158.27
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Issues in Urban Earthquake Risk

Issues in Urban Earthquake Risk
Author: B.E. Tucker , Mustafa Özder Erdik ISBN: 9780792329145 Format: Hardback	$876.48
Urban seismic risk is growing worldwide and is, increasingly, a problem of developing countries. Unless urban seismic... Read More >>

Learning from Accidents

Learning from Accidents
Author: Trevor A. Kletz ISBN: 9780750619523 Format: Hardback	$145.07
This text aims to show, by analyzing accidents that have occurred, how we can learn from them and thus be better... Read More >>

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