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This book presents practical approaches for tackling the threats from climate change and disasters to urban growth in Pacific island countries and Asian nations. With chapters written by leading sch……続きを見る

Converging Social Justice Issues and Movements argues that multiple contemporary converging crises have significantly altered the context for and object of political contestations around agrarian, c……続きを見る

Has our Creator a Divine Plan for us? Is our future safe? Do we have to prepare for catastrophic Earth changes? Are we in changing times? How do we manifest peace? In A Time of Change, Aingeal Rose ……続きを見る

As human society continues to develop, we have increased the risk of large-scale disasters. From health care to infrastructure to national security, systems designed to keep us safe have also height……続きを見る

This book investigates individual companies’ and industries’ supply chain risk management approaches to identify risk drivers and verify effective risk-reduction measures and business continuity pla……続きを見る

A consistent problem that confronts disaster reduction is the disjunction between academic and expert knowledge and policies and practices of agencies mandated to deal with the concern. Although a g……続きを見る

Hurricanes have been a constant in the history of New Orleans. Since before its settlement as a French colony in the eighteenth century, the land entwined between Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississi……続きを見る

Local Disaster Management explores what resilience means for local communities and local governments on the front line of responding to disasters and emergencies. Disaster management is often seen a……続きを見る

Emergency Aid explores the the world response to natural disasters and war, and the people and organizations that are working to help people in need. This title also focuses on people who have been ……続きを見る

This book presents state-of-the-art, essential methods and tools for flood risk assessment and management. The costs of damage caused by extreme weather events, among which floods are a major catego……続きを見る

In an increasingly volatile world, exemplified by the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, organisations are looking at business continuity with a fresh perspective. While most organisations believe they are pre……続きを見る

"As we passed from the city center into the Fukushima suburbs I surveyed the landscape for surgical face masks. I wanted to see in what ratios people were wearing such masks. I was trying to determi……続きを見る

This book presents in-depth coverage of laboratory experiments, theories, modeling techniques, and practices for the analysis and design of rock slopes in complex geological settings. It addresses n……続きを見る

This book provides an overview of flood and drought in the Lower Mekong Basin, reviews the characteristics of flood and drought, and details structural and non-structural measures for flood and drou……続きを見る

This book provides insight on how disaster risk management can increase the resilience of society to various natural hazards. The multi-dimensionality of resilience and the various different perspec……続きを見る

With the world gripped in panic surrounding the outbreak of COVID-19 or Coronavirus, a search for the underlying causes to the pandemic has become critically important. This book dives into the wet ……続きを見る

A theosophist and believer of the Occult, Wlilliam Scott-Elliot gives us in "The Lost Lemuria", first published in 1904, a description of Lemuria, along with what he considers evidence of this. The ……続きを見る

This book includes a careful selection of significant contributions from international experts that were presented at the 6th AIGA Conference “Applied Geology: Approaches to Future Resource Manageme……続きを見る

This book presents the latest findings and information on flash floods in Egypt and presents case studies from various regions throughout the country. The quantitative and qualitative dimensions of ……続きを見る

This book evaluates the seismic performance of concrete gravity dams, considering the effects of strong motion duration, mainshock-aftershock seismic sequence, and near-fault ground motion. It emplo……続きを見る

Part memoir, part expert analysis, Disasterology is a passionate and personal account of a country in crisisーone unprepared to deal with the disasters of today and those looming in our future. With……続きを見る

This book collects a series of review articles summarizing the outcomes of collaborative research projects on the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake and the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, two of the largest and mos……続きを見る

Almost daily scientists are sounding dire warnings about the effects of climate change. Our young will bear an unprecedented burden. They are eager to discover what can be done, as time slips away. ……続きを見る

The book fills a void by bringing together literature in an under-represented but disaster-prone region – Southeast Asia. It discusses the cultural considerations of those providing mental health an……続きを見る

This book explores the current challenges with regard to uncertainty and risk in water management, as well as the interlinkages between drought and water management. It focuses on the challenges for……続きを見る

This book presents a technical approach to promoting the development of disaster and climate change risk financing and transfer strategies, and discusses several practical issues, chiefly focusing o……続きを見る

Natural disasters could strike at any time. Being aware of how these disasters form and what can be done before, during and after they strike will empower you to act quickly and effectively. This we……続きを見る

The understanding of weather will bring so many benefits. Weather is linked to several phenomena that changed and will change the world. Weather patterns will also dictate the choice of clothing and……続きを見る

This book critically examines the global diffusion and local reception of resilience through the implementation of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) programmes in Pacific and Caribbean island states. Gl……続きを見る

This book presents a case study-based analysis of the consequences of external interventions, critically evaluating them from community perspectives. Communities – from rural to urban, and around th……続きを見る