Natural Disasters category: 785 books
Megafire
The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
As forest fires continue to ravage communities, this bestselling author and firefighter explores what causes them, and captures the danger and heroism of those who fight them
In Megafire, a world-renowned journalist and forest fire expert travels to the most dangerous and remote wildernesses,...
This Borrowed Earth
Lessons from the Fifteen Worst Environmental Disasters around the World
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
Over the last century mankind has irrevocably damaged the environment through the unscrupulous greed of big business and our own willful ignorance. Here are the strikingly poignant accounts of disasters whose names live in infamy: Chernobyl, Bhopal, Exxon Valdez, Three Mile Island, Love Canal, Minamata...
Chicago Calamities
Disaster in the Windy City
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2010
Fire and flood, train wreck and tornado—a look at the many disasters Chicago has endured over the years, with photos and illustrations.
The story of Chicago is often likened to that of a phoenix rising out of the ashes of the Great Fire. Yet that infamous event was only part of the destruction...
by Jane Ann Turzillo
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
In nearly a century of heavy rail travel in Ohio, a dozen train accidents stand out as the most horrific. In the bitter cold, just after Christmas 1876, eleven cars plunged seventy-five feet into the frigid water below. The stoves burst into flames, burning to death all who were not killed by the fall....
The Capacity Crisis in Disaster Risk Management
Why disaster management capacity remains low in developing countries and what can be done
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
How can a place be built and managed so that it is safe for people to live? Ironically, many governments and citizens keep on asking the same question after every new disaster. Why, even with high levels of investment in increasing government’s capacity to manage disasters, do the impacts of disasters...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
This book provides a timely review and summary of the recent advances in state-of-the-art earthquake geotechnics. The earthquake disasters in Japan and New Zealand in 2011 prompted the urgent need for the state-of-the-art earthquake geotechnics to be put into practice for disaster mitigation. By reviewing...
by Yu Huang, Zili Dai, Weijie Zhang
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
Through application of the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method, this monograph mainly focuses on large deformations and flow failure simulations of geomaterials and movement behavior, which are always involved in geo-disasters. The work covers the theoretical background, numerical techniques,...
by John Hairr
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
During the past two centuries, the central region of the Tar Heel State was populated with numerous active coal mines, many of which dealt with catastrophes such as cave-ins or gas explosions. Over fifty-three miners lost their lives in an explosion at the Carolina Mine at Coal Glen in 1925, the largest...
Community-Based Psychological First Aid
A Practical Guide to Helping Individuals and Communities during Difficult Times
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
Community-Based Psychological First Aid: A Practical Guide to Helping Individuals and Communities during Difficult Times presents a practical method for helping those in need in difficult times. No advanced training in psychology is needed to use it.
Injuries from disasters, terrorist events,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2014
This book presents key lessons from community-based risk-reduction practices in Japan, a country that is often hit by disasters and that also has shown strong resilience in coping with those disasters. Japan has a strong governance system for disaster risk reduction. However, the Kobe earthquake of...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region is highly vulnerable to earthquakes and water-induced disasters. This fragile mountain region is under tremendous stress from climate change and land-use degradation that has accelerated flash floods, river-line floods, erosion, and wet mass movements during the...
Disaster and Development
Examining Global Issues and Cases
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
This book offers a systematic, empirical examination of the concepts of disasters and sustainable economic development applied to many cases around the world. It presents comprehensive coverage of the complex and dynamic relationship between disaster and development, making a vital contribution to...
Tales from an Uncertain World
What Other Assorted Disasters Can Teach Us About Climate Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2018
So far, humanity hasn’t done very well in addressing the ongoing climate catastrophe. Veteran science educator L. S. Gardiner believes we can learn to do better by understanding how we’ve dealt with other types of environmental risks in the past and why we are dragging our feet in addressing this...
by Rajib Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Disaster management has historically focused on reactive approaches, but a shift to proactive approaches is crucial for addressing concerns raised by the changing environment. A prime reason for the absence of proactive approaches in disaster/hazard management is the uncertainty or ambiguity present...