Social Impact of Disasters
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Aberfan: Government and Disaster
Iain McLeanCurrent price €23.39Original price €25.99On 21 October 1966, 116 children and 28 adults died when a mountainside coal tip collapsed, engulfing homes and part of a school in the village of ...
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Crisis Management: The Art of Success & Failure
Yunus D SalehCurrent price €20.23Original price €22.99Current price €20.23Original price €22.99Save 12% -
Hurricane Mitigation for the Built Environment
Ricardo A. AlvarezCurrent price €134.09Original price €148.99Alvarez drives home the point that for buildings and communities located in hurricane-prone regions, it is not a question of whether the area will ...
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Katrina Ten Years After (New): The Rebuilding of New Orleans and the Mississippi Coast
EditorCurrent price €53.09Original price €58.99Current price €53.09Original price €58.99Save 10% -
Poisoned Legacy: The Human Cost of Bp''s Rise to Power
Mike MagnerCurrent price €23.85Original price €26.50Current price €23.85Original price €26.50Save 10% -
Worst-Case Scenario?: Governance, Mediation and the Security Regime
Doctor Stuart PriceCurrent price €79.05Original price €93.00In this original and provocative new book, Stuart Price identifies the existence of a practice that lies at the core of the western security regime...
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The Age of Catastrophe: Disaster and Humanity in Modern Times
John David EbertCurrent price €24.75Original price €27.50Disasters, both natural and man-made, are on the rise. Indeed, a catastrophe of one sort or another seems always to be unfolding somewhere on th...
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The Plague Year: America in the Time of Covid
Lawrence WrightCurrent price €20.83Original price €24.50''A virtuoso feat ... a book of panoramic breadth'' New York Times Book Review''A devastating analysis ... Wright is a master of knitting together ...
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FEMAs Disaster Relief Fund: Elements and Considerations
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €88.19Original price €97.99The Robert T. Stafford Emergency Relief and Disaster Assistance Act authorizes the President to issue declarations for incidents ranging from destr...
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Earthquake in Haiti: Aftermath Conditions & Crisis Response
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €139.49Original price €154.99This book presents current research in the study of the devastating earthquake which occurred in Haiti in 2010. Topics discussed include the crisis...
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FEMAs Disaster Declaration Process & the Public Assistance Grant Program: Elements & Considerations
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €159.29Original price €176.99The Robert T Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act authorises the President to issue major disaster or emergency declarations b...
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Domestic Disaster Response: Primer & a Review of Deployable Federal Assets
Nova Science Publishers IncCurrent price €159.29Original price €176.99Before and after a disaster strikes, it may be helpful to understand the broad outlines of the national emergency management structure and where au...
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Cbrn: Surviving Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Events
Cris MillenniumCurrent price €35.68Original price €42.99Current price €35.68Original price €42.99Save 17% -
Cbrn: Surviving Chemical, Biological, Radiological & Nuclear Events
Cris MillenniumCurrent price €24.89Original price €29.99Current price €24.89Original price €29.99Save 17% -
Apocalyptic Ecology in the Graphic Novel: Life and the Environment After Societal Collapse
Clint JonesCurrent price €31.03Original price €36.50As awareness of climate change grows, so do the number of cultural depictions of environmental disaster. Graphic novels have reliably produced d...
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The Collinwood Tragedy: The Story of the Worst School Fire in American History
James Jessen BadalCurrent price €30.59Original price €33.99A devastating loss of life and a community's response.March 4, 1908, was an ordinary morning in Collinwood, Ohio, a village about ten miles outside...
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Harvesting Hope in the Suicide Zone: Women Who Challenged Drought, Death and Destiny
Radheshyam JadhavCurrent price €16.65Original price €18.50Current price €16.65Original price €18.50Save 10% -
Disaster Upon Disaster: Exploring the Gap Between Knowledge, Policy and Practice
Berghahn BooksCurrent price €115.94Original price €136.40A consistent problem that confronts disaster reduction is the disjunction between academic and expert knowledge and policies and practices of ag...
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Disaster Evaluation Research: A field guide
Edmund M. RicciCurrent price €41.39Original price €45.99A human disaster is defined as a hazardous event that overwhelms the capacity of the local community to respond to the needs of the affected popula...
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Environmental Contamination from the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Dispersion, Monitoring, Mitigation and Lessons Learned
Cambridge University PressCurrent price €128.69Original price €142.99The 2011 disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station led to serious radioactive contamination of the environment. Due to transportation...
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Disaster Security: Using Intelligence and Military Planning for Energy and Environmental Risks
Chad M. BriggsCurrent price €90.89Original price €100.99This book is for a broad audience of practitioners, policymakers, scholars, and anyone interested in scenarios, simulations, and disaster planning....
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Affective Intellectuals and the Space of Catastrophe in the Americas
Judith Sierra-RiveraCurrent price €87.29Original price €96.99Current price €87.29Original price €96.99Save 10%