ot - Natural Disasters 1

Devastating natural disasters have profoundly shaped human history, leaving us with a respect for the mighty power of the earthーand a humbling view of our future. Paleontologist and geologist Donal……続きを見る

Entdecken Sie die verborgenen Schätze des Sächsischen Ober-Erzgebirges! Christian Gottlob Wild nimmt Sie mit auf eine faszinierende Reise durch eine der malerischsten Regionen Deutschlands, die voll……続きを見る

Crímenes diferidos en el tiempo. «Absolutamente colosal. No puedo recomendarlo más. He pataleado, he llorado, he chillado, me he fascinado de puro horror». Sabina Urraca Desastres que parecen accide……続きを見る

Guided by a belief that good crisis communication theory should inform and improve practice, this book makes a wide range of theories utilized in crisis communication accessible to researchers, stud……続きを見る

Hurricane Agnes struck the United States in June of 1972, just months before a pivotal election and at the dawn of the deindustrialization period across the Northeast. The response by local, state, ……続きを見る

Inondations, pandémies, pollution, les catastrophes naturelles et sanitaires récentes ont fait croître un sentiment d’insécurité et des attentes importantes de la population à l’égard des experts et……続きを見る

This book strives to fill in the following gaps. First, there is no comprehensive descriptive treatment of deposits emplaced by lahars, debris avalanches, and muddy floods at volcanoes. Second, unti……続きを見る

¿Es más fácil imaginar el fin del mundo que el fin del capitalismo? Utilizando el poder de contar historias a través de imágenes, Roberto Grossi aborda la gran negación de nuestra era: el cambio cli……続きを見る

This book offers a critical exploration into Indigenous knowledge systems, particularly focusing on Indigenous land-based knowledge and practice in reshaping disaster adaptations. Drawing from Indig……続きを見る

This book provides a new data augmentation method based on the local stochastic distribution patterns in natural time series data of global and regional seismicity rates and their correlated seismic……続きを見る

Fire is rarely out of the headlines, from large natural wildfires raging across the Australian or Californian countrysides to the burning of buildings such as the disasters of Grenfell tower and Not……続きを見る

"Gripping. . . . An intrinsically thrilling tale." ー New York Times Book Review It was the Perfect Storm, but instead of raging far out in the Atlantic, the Great Hurricane of 1938 left a wake of d……続きを見る

Rampen zijn bepalend geweest voor de geschiedenis van Nederland. Denk bijvoorbeeld aan de Sint-Elisabethsvloed in 1421, toen mensen, dieren en dorpen verdronken. Het landschap veranderde voorgoed. O……続きを見る

Now in its sixth edition, this book provides engaging, practice-oriented case studies analyzing communication professionals’ crisis preparation and responses, illustrating key considerations for com……続きを見る

This book summarizes contemporary research on land degradation, desertification, and how such issues relate to socioeconomic growth in developing countries. With a focus on local and regional levels……続きを見る

Après 40 ans d’alarmes scientifiques, l’urgence écologique et climatique n’est plus mise en doute. Elle a été défendue haut et fort par de nombreux acteurs, mais aussi par les foules qui ont marché ……続きを見る

A practical guide for living with wildfire, including essential history and science, actions you can take to protect your home, and guiding principles for life in an increasingly fiery future. Wildf……続きを見る

Large Outdoor Fire Dynamics provides the essential knowledge for the hazard evaluation of large outdoor fires, including wildland, WUI (wildland-urban interface), and urban fires. The spread of outd……続きを見る

This book offers a comprehensive description and analysis of natural hazard warnings, drawing on perspectives from the social sciences, physical sciences, and interdisciplinary fields such as disast……続きを見る

The recent understandings about global earth mechanics are widely based on huge amounts of monitoring data accumulated using global networks of precise seismic stations, satellite monitoring of grav……続きを見る

'The future of all life on this earth depends on our willingness to take action now' David Attenborough The official companion to the ground**-breaking Netflix original series.** With a foreword by ……続きを見る

This booklet is the outcome of my personal journey as I wrestled with the state of the world. The more that I learnt about the interrelated core issues regarding world population, consumption, and c……続きを見る

The interconnectedness of communities, organisations, governing bodies, policy and individuals in the field of disaster studies has never been accurately examined or comprehensively modelled. This k……続きを見る

In a tour de force of historical reportage, Timothy Egan’s National Book Award–winning story rescues an iconic chapter of American history from the shadows. The dust storms that terrorized the High ……続きを見る

This book describes recent developments in soil liquefaction engineering and introduces more appropriate procedures than the current ones to evaluate triggering and consequences of soil liquefaction……続きを見る

National Book Award–winner Timothy Egan turns his historian's eye to the largest-ever forest fire in America and offers an epic, cautionary tale for our time. On the afternoon of August 20, 1910, a ……続きを見る

They say an image speaks a thousand wordsーthese images speak millions. The Indian Ocean tsunami of December 26, 2004, which devastated the shores of 11 countries and took the lives of over a quarte……続きを見る

This book addresses disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies, focusing on reducing the paradox that exists between the compulsory implementation of DRR policies and continuing limitationsThe authors u……続きを見る

What does Japan's 2011 nuclear accident have in common with the 2005 flooding of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina? This thought-provoking book presents a compelling account of recent and historica……続きを見る

Times are getting harder. Recent years have seen an increase in natural disasters and a worsening economy. Many people have lost their jobs, and in the cases of natural disasters, their homes. Don’t……続きを見る