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This book deliberates the trends, challenges and potential strategies including urban blue-green infrastructure (BGI) approaches to ensure food security and disaster resilience across the globe. Fur……続きを見る

This book presents the result of an innovative challenge, to create a systematic literature overview driven by machine-generated content. Questions and related keywords were prepared for the machine……続きを見る

This volume examines the history of natural disasters in the United States and the nation's ongoing struggles with long-term disaster preparedness and response. It explores the political, economic, ……続きを見る

Coastal environments are unique and highly dynamic ecosystems that play a vital role in climate regulation, support biodiversity, and highly impact human activities. This book deals with a combinati……続きを見る

Taking up the unique challenges of mega-crisis events, this book provides a framework for rethinking crisis approaches and designing a world that is better prepared to avoid or minimize these catast……続きを見る

Bear is full of energy, which can lead to trouble – until he finds his perfect role as a detection dog! When deadly bushfires sweep through the forest, Bear and his team must act fast. Will Bear be ……続きを見る

The main and first objective of this well-illustrated open access book is to introduce, define and explain common terms and concepts in earthquake and mine seismology. In seismology diverse fields, ……続きを見る

This open access book provides an overview of the progress in landslide research and technology and is part of a book series of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL). The book provides a ……続きを見る

Imagine facing not one, but several of nature's most destructive forces in your lifetime bushfires, floods, and cyclones. Now imagine surviving them all, carrying the memories into adulthood, and on……続きを見る

Disappearing Cities is a collection of over fifty short stories of invented cities, set in the not too distant future, destroyed by varied climate change impacts and linked natural disasters. The st……続きを見る

A COLLECTION OF STORIES: SPENCER, IOWA'S 2024 FLOOD THE COLLISION OF THE SWOLLEN OCHEYEDAN AND LITTLE SIOUX RIVERS AT SPENCER, IOWA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 22, 2024, FOREVER CHANGED A NORTHWEST……続きを見る

The Himalaya Dilemma: Navigating Risk, Vulnerability, and Resilience in Geohazard-Prone Regions is a collaborative effort to explore and understand the multiple dangers the Himalayas face, including……続きを見る

Obey the storm, or die with it ... 'A pulse-pounding ride through a unique, thrilling new world that's crackling with adventure, romance and magic' EMILY SUVADA, author of THIS MORTAL COIL 'Electric……続きを見る

What is the fate of the world as we know it? Tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanoes, hurricanes, pandemics, cosmic radiation, gamma bursts from space, colliding comets, and asteroidsーthese things used to……続きを見る

The Power of the Sea describes our struggle to understand the physics of the sea, so we can use that knowledge to predict when the sea will unleash its fury against us. In a wide-sweeping narrative ……続きを見る

As climate change accelerates, so does the urgency to understand and address its unequal impacts. This book explores the uneven impacts of climate change and how it affects the lives and livelihoods……続きを見る

This book is a festschrift in tribute to Ben Wisner’s contributions to disaster studies and adjacent fields of scholarship such as political ecology, development and sustainability. This festschrift……続きを見る

Disasters are not only about the natural forces that cause themーthey are about people, places, and the systems we create. Whether it’s a hurricane that batters a coastal town, a pandemic that shuts……続きを見る

The Earth, our home, is a planet of astonishing dynamism, sculpted not only by the gentle hand of erosion and the slow march of continental drift but also by the raw, explosive power of its inner fi……続きを見る

This book offers a comprehensive exploration of the dynamic relationship between environmental factors and public health, providing both theoretical insights and practical solutions. As environmenta……続きを見る

Vivemos tempos de ruptura. Entre o avanço impiedoso da tecnologia e o colapso silencioso da moral, o ser humano se vê dividido ー entre o que cria e o que destrói, entre a razão e o vazio. "Dividind……続きを見る

Disasters arise from the convergence of natural and social forces. Earthquakes, cyclones, floods, droughts, and other catastrophic events disproportionately affect the most vulnerable people, whethe……続きを見る

This book presents the select proceedings of GeoMandu 2024. It sheds light on the latest developments and their applications in geotechnical engineering and complementing climate-resilient sustainab……続きを見る

Severe weather events like hurricanes and tornadoes have increased fourfold in the last two decades, shaking the foundations of our existence. Weather-related tragedies have fascinated humans throug……続きを見る

Like the deadly tornadoes it documents, this potent combination of high adventure and hard science is terrifyingly timely in our era of global warming and climate change. The Weather Channel, now Am……続きを見る

Como a psicanálise, nascida com Sigmund Freud em Viena no final do século XIX, poderia continuar a ser atual na sua oferta clínica junto ao sofrimento psíquico, hoje e na América Latina, diante de u……続きを見る

This collective work offers a critical analysis of contemporary humanitarian action, through the prism of Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Initially created to provide healthc……続きを見る

This edited volume highlights the importance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) being utilised in climate disaster management to enhance preparedness, response, recovery, and ……続きを見る

This book presents a comprehensive exploration of environmental risk management, targeting policymakers, educators, students, and professionals engaged in environmental sciences and sustainability. ……続きを見る

Dr. Antony Gnanamuthu, who has worked with the target communities vulnerable to cyclone (first responders) and been a practitioner in the field of disaster management. He has worked diligently in As……続きを見る