Natural Disasters category: 785 books
Dating Torrential Processes on Fans and Cones
Methods and Their Application for Hazard and Risk Assessment
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2012
This book provides a detailed overview on methods used for the dating of past torrential activity on fans and cones and fosters the discussion on the impact of past and potential future climate change on torrential processes. The book has a clear focus on the practical applications of these methods,...
Geophysical Hazards
Minimizing Risk, Maximizing Awareness
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2010
The International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE) was established as a means of raising worldwide public and political awareness of the vast, though frequently under-used, potential the Earth Sciences possess for improving the quality of life of the peoples of the world and safeguarding Earth’s rich...
by Alvin Powell
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Prepper's Hacks55 Amazing Safety Survival Hacks
Just think for a moment! What will happen if sudden natural crises knock your door and hit your fate? Would you be able to accept this horrible challenge? DO you feel you will win this battle of “life & death”? I am damn sure such a nasty...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Whenever environmental damages are caused by natural or human-made events, there are long-term effects for people. This eye-opening and unprecedented book explains the ongoing turmoil in the environment, while presenting ways to alleviate its effect on humankind's physical and mental health. Living...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
This book addresses the evaluation of environmental impacts and services identified in headwaters of different eco-zones around the world. It presents 24 papers selected from contributions to recent meetings of the European Forestry Commission Working Party on the Management of Mountain Watersheds,...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
This book offers a systematic investigation of the ecological and environmental issues related to the land cover changes in Nepal by researchers from both China and Nepal. It discusses the eco-environmental issues faced by Nepal, particularly in the hills and mountain regions. It also sheds light...
Adaptation to a Changing Climate in the Arab Countries
A Case for Adaptation Governance and Leadership in Building Climate Resilience
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2012
In the Arab countries, climate change is a risk to poverty reduction and economic growth, threatening to unravel many of the development gains that have been achieved. The Arab Region is already suffering adverse consequences from climate variability and change. This book provides information on climate...
The Glaciers of Iceland
A Historical, Cultural and Scientific Overview
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
This book is the first comprehensive overview and evaluation of the origins, history and current size and condition of all of Iceland's major glaciers (including Vatnajökull, the largest in Europe) at the beginning of the twenty-first century. It is not only illustrated with many beautiful photographs...
Disaster by Design
The Aral Sea and Its Lessons for Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012
Disaster by Design: The Aral Sea, Lessons for Sustainability addresses the impacts of the Aral Sea disaster. The virtual disappearance of what was the world's fourth largest inland body of water was neither natural nor accidental. It was the result of deliberate policy decisions. The sea's disappearance...
Advances in Remote Sensing and Geo Informatics Applications
Proceedings of the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-1), Tunisia 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2018
This edited volume is based on the best papers accepted for presentation during the 1st Springer Conference of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences (CAJG-1), Tunisia 2018. The book compiles a wide range of topics addressing various issues by experienced researchers mainly from research institutes in...
by H.S. Contino
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2011
European settlement of Coos County began with a shipwreck. The Captain Lincoln wrecked on the north spit of the Coos Bay in January 1852. The crewmen built a temporary camp out of the ship�s sails and named it �Camp Cast-Away.� This was the first white settlement in the area. The men eventually...
In the Wake of Disaster
Stories from the Center of Planetary Chaos
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2013
Have you experienced a natural or man-made disaster? What was it like, in those first few hours, as you met neighbors you may not have spoken with in ages, as you clustered around the scene of tragedy or destruction and tried to figure out what you would do for food or water or shelter,...
Breve storia delle catastrofi planetarie
La scienza dietro i disastri che hanno cambiato il volto della Terra. Seconda Edizione.
Language: Italian
Release Date: August 24, 2017
L'eruzione del Krakatoa; l'estinzione dei dinosauri e le altre grandi estinzioni di massa; la tragedia del Vajont; la Peste Nera. Sono solo alcune delle catastrofi che hanno segnato la violenta storia del nostro pianeta, mettendo in gioco forze inarrestabili, gigantesche, incommensurabili, e che talvolta...
by eon foster
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2017
The SHTF Stockpile
33 + Most Important Items Every Prepper Stockpile - The Ultimate Guide How to Stay Alive When Disaster Strikes
You have seen it on television and done a little searching on the internet, but you still have a lot of questions about stockpiling for an emergency. That is only...