Michael - Natural Disasters 1

Der Tod des eigenen Kindes ist das Schlimmste, das einem Menschen passieren kann. Es ist unvorstellbar und löst einen seelischen Schmerz aus, der mit Worten nicht beschreibbar ist. Mit diesem Buch m……続きを見る

Journey to the coast with Michael Morgan as he looks back at the area's most deadly storms. Coastal Delaware, Maryland and Virginia have always been vulnerable to the power of storms. In the early n……続きを見る

Emergency Management Threats and Hazards: Water is a resource guidebook, which bridges the work of the emergency management practitioners and academic researchers, specifically for water-related inc……続きを見る

This open access book explores the interactions between water and earthquakes, including recent concerns about induced seismicity. It further highlights that a better understanding of the response o……続きを見る

In this book, disaster finance and cost recovery expert Michael Martinet provides unparalleled coverage of the practical, real-world key principles necessary to successfully navigate the nuances of ……続きを見る

This book shows how California’s weather and climate have drastically changed and what we can expect in the near future. California’s weather and climate are becoming as common a topic in the media ……続きを見る

This bestselling author of High Crimes explores what causes forest fires and captures their danger and the heroism of those who fight them. In Megafire, a world-renowned journalist and forest fire e……続きを見る

In "Dawn of a New Era," Michael M. Doyle investigates the ramifications of globalization's demise, revealing a world full of uncertainties and potential. Doyle's comprehensive study and astute analy……続きを見る

At 3:17 p.m. on March 18, 1937, a natural gas leak beneath the London Junior-Senior High School in the oil boomtown of New London, Texas, created a lethal mixture of gas and oxygen in the schools ba……続きを見る

On Thursday, November 6, the Detroit News forecasted “moderate to brisk” winds for the Great Lakes. On Friday, the Port Huron Times-Herald predicted a “moderately severe” storm. Hourly the warnings ……続きを見る

In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. The Coast Guard heard the Mayday calls and immediately dispatched a ……続きを見る

Issues mankind faces today are global warming, climate change, widespread pollution of natural elements, environmental degradation and resource depletion. Environment protection does not suffer from……続きを見る

From the #1 international bestselling author of The Revenant – the book that inspired the award-winning movie – comes the remarkable true story of the worst mining disaster in American history. In 1……続きを見る

This book explains how the U.S. federal system manages environmental health issues, with a unique focus on risk management and human health outcomes. Building on a generic approach for understanding……続きを見る

Die Meere treten über ihre Ufer. Stürme verwüsten ganze Kontinente. Brände hüllen die Welt in Dunkelheit. Der Kollaps beginnt ... Die Anthropologin Anika French macht eine brisante Entdeckung: Durch……続きを見る

A searing investigation of the factors that devastated Puerto Rico in the wake of Hurricane Maria, from acclaimed investigative reporter Michael Deibert. When Hurricane Maria roared across Puerto Ri……続きを見る

Do you relish life in the great outdoors, do you love to walk and camp? There is something magical about spending time with nature but do you have the skills to handle it if something goes wrong? Wh……続きを見る

How to Become an International Disaster Volunteer discusses the immense value an experienced water systems engineer, trauma surgeon, or communications specialist could bring to a disaster stricken c……続きを見る

Staying Safe and Secure Do you worry about the state of the world today? Many people do. Who could blame them? Geopolitical strife, regime instability, natural disasters, terrorism, ever-rising food……続きを見る

This book discusses the geology, hydrogeology, and water quality/geochemistry of karst systems in geologically young terrain, using the state of Florida as an example. Also discussed are sinkhole-de……続きを見る

This short manuscript is both a distillation of some of the latest work on disaster risk reduction and an interpretation of this distillation from the author's political economic perspective. It is ……続きを見る

The baby boom generation were born between 1946 and 1964 and are the largest population cohort in US history. They should number about 90 million by mid-century, more than doubling their current siz……続きを見る