Disasters category: 785 books
Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides
Volume 2 Advances in Landslide Science
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2017
This volume contains peer-reviewed papers from the Fourth World Landslide Forum organized by the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL), the Global Promotion Committee of the International Programme on Landslides (IPL), University of Ljubljana (UL) and Geological Survey of Slovenia in Ljubljana,...
by Lynn Bonne
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2017
If you live in a seismic area, you may think that your home is the safest place to be in case of an earthquake, but is it? In fact, you need to make sure that your home is fully earthquake proof, so many things you have in your home can turn into your worst enemies when the earth shakes.
Shtf...
Earthquake Data in Engineering Seismology
Predictive Models, Data Management and Networks
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2011
This book addresses current activities in strong-motion networks around the globe, covering issues related to designing, maintaining and disseminating information from these arrays. The book is divided into three principal sections. The first section includes recent developments in regional...
Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment
Updated Overview with Emphasis on Romania
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
This book contains the best contributions presented during the 6th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering and the 2nd National Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology - 6CNIS & 2CNISS, that took place on June 14-17, 2017 in Bucharest - Romania, at the Romanian Academy and Technical...
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: January 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2018
This book points out why organisational or governance aspects are essential for implementing a broad and integrated flood risk management approach. It provides key conclusions on resilient, efficient and legitimate flood risk governance arrangements in vulnerable urban areas in Europe. These are translated...
by Gypsy Wulff
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Polar bears are supposed to live where there is plenty of ice and snow. Why would one be living in a fridge in the city?
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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...
Sedimentation in the Rupnarayan River
Volume 2: Estuarine Environment of Deposition
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
This book elucidates sedimentation processes at work in the Rupnarayan River, with particular focus on the environment of sediment deposition under a tidal system. It addresses the various complexities arising from the interactions between riverine and marine processes, as well as the seasonal...
ISFRAM 2015
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Flood Research and Management 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2016
This book focuses on international research in flood-related areas and sustainable management. It consists of a compilation of innovative works, demonstrating best practices in flood management and recommend flood solutions. The selected papers cover the fundamentals and latest advances in the area,...
Tsunamis and Earthquakes in Coastal Environments
Significance and Restoration
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
This monograph is a compilation of a number of research studies presented in fourteen chapters dealing with the impact and restoration of coastal environments that have been affected by earthquakes and tsunamis. The focus is mainly on rivers, estuaries, coastal lagoons, beaches, and related ecosystems....
by Jean-Pierre Peulvast, François Bétard
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2015
More than a simple monograph, the authors present a comprehensive geomorphic overview of a large tropical region where they show how deciphering the long-term landform evolution helps understanding the present set of landscapes and morphodynamic environments. The Equatorial margin of the Brazilian...
911 from an Inside Line
A Waveland, Ms Police Dispatcher's Account of Hurricane Katrina and Miracles and Truths from the Gulf Coast
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2007
Written by dispatcher Denise Stephenson, a crucial "first responder" in the Hurricane Katrina disaster as a member of Mississippis Waveland police department, this volume presents a very real portrait of a calamity that shattered the homes, lives and dreams of many Americans - a compelling...
The Lukewarmer's Way
Climate Change for the Rest of Us
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
Most of us are tired of the climate war. The sterile debate between alarmists trying to convince us that climate change will ruin the world and skeptics who ignore the serious science trying to understand our complex climate has reached a dead end.
It's time for the rest of us to look realistically...