Natural Disasters

When the forces that give our planet life exceed our ability towithstand them, they become disasters. Together they have shaped ourcities and archi...

From award-winning ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman, and written using exclusive interviews and information comes the definitive a...

Fire is rarely out of the headlines, from large natural wildfires raging across the Australian or Californian countrysides to the burning of buildi...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Academic and offere...

Rapid City, South Dakota, June 9, 1972 . . . 238 people died, 5 are still missing. In the midst of one of the worst floods in the history of the Un...

'A remarkable and deeply moving book' Henry Marsh, bestselling author of Do No Harm'A breathtaking, extraordinary work of non-fiction' Times Litera...

*WINNER of the BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION****AN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER**** A Pulitzer Prize Finalist * A National Book Award Finalist ...

The risks posed by climate change and its effect on climate extremes are an increasingly pressing societal problem. This book provides an accessibl...

Understanding climate change like never before!Explore and understand the intriguing science behind climate change. Gain valuable knowledge on why ...

Disasters are amongst the greatest challenges of the 21st century. Natural disasters have particularly witnessed an overwhelming escalation in the ...

Federal agencies provide a range of assistance to individual victims; state, territorial, and local governments; and non-governmental entities afte...

Wildland fire has and continues to impact humans and our environment both positively and negatively. Being able to co-exist with fire on the landsc...

Federal funding for wildfire management (WFM) is provided in the annual Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. It funds w...

When there is a catastrophe in the United States, state and local governments lead response activities, invoking state and local legal authorities ...

Close to 75 million people in 39 states face some risk from earthquakes. Given the potentially huge costs associated with a large, damaging earthqu...

Disaster management, which involves prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and rehabilitation efforts, has been discussed for a long time. ...

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Global Flood Hazard Subject Category Winner, PROSE Awards 2019, Earth Science Selected from more than 500 entries, demonstrating exceptional schola...

The Asia-Pacific area is notable as one of the fastest growing tourism regions and not surprisingly, tourism in this region has become the major dr...

The book is organized into two parts: the first part covers (i) the precious lessons obtained from recent actual tsunami disasters including the 20...

The book is organized into two parts: the first part covers (i) the precious lessons obtained from recent actual tsunami disasters including the 20...