Renowned Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben presents his fierce, passionate, and deeply personal commentaries regarding......more
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Discover a modern approach to understanding threats and hazards that are more complex, costly, and devastating than ever......more
"In the beginning of the twentieth century, the Connecticut River Valley was a thriving manufacturing hub for fabric, ar......more
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Heralding the coming spring, the weather forecast promised a warm and sunny Easter in 1913. Little did the citizens of T......more
Heralding the coming spring, the weather forecast promised a warm and sunny Easter in 1913. Little did the citizens of T......more
Ice on land is melting, and sea level is rising, both at astonishing rates never seen in recorded history. Are you, your......more
Ice on land is melting, and sea level is rising, both at astonishing rates never seen in recorded history. Are you, your......more
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It was an unlikely convergence of events. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake, the largest in Japanese memory and the fourth larg......more
Seafaring before the twentieth century bristled with peril. The safe haven of your vessel might be destroyed by tempest ......more
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Managing the Human Dimension of Disasters provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis on how individuals cop......more
This edition of Critical Infrastructure presents a culmination of ongoing research and real-work experience, building up......more
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This book presents an in-depth ethnographic case study carried out in the years following the 2010 Haiti earthquake to p......more
This new volume, Disaster Recovery: Community-Based Psychosocial Support in the Aftermath, provides a wealth of realist......more
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"The Salton Sea, California’s largest inland body of water, was a spectacular oasis in the desert which attracted droves......more
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The COVID-19 pandemic in the United States is a classic tragedy of destruction following errors in judgment. Naomi Zack ......more
Zack presents social and political aspects of the COVID-19 disaster as it unfolded through federal and local government ......more
Do You Know How to Survive a Disaster? If the answer is "NO" then The Disaster Survival Handbook is a MUST-HAVE! This is......more
Climate Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth, Third Edition, brings together top global researchers across many disc......more
Properly addressing a crisis requires more than just guesswork and a reaction; it requires a properly structured approac......more
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Al Qaeda detonates a nuclear weapon in Times Square during rush hour, wiping out half of Manhattan and killing 500,000 p......more
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Written by a hazardous materials consultant with over 40 years of experience in emergency services, the five-volume Hazm......more
Reframing the American story from the vantage point of the nation’s watery edges, Jamin Wells shows that disasters have ......more
Reframing the American story from the vantage point of the nation’s watery edges, Jamin Wells shows that disasters have ......more
Written by a hazardous materials consultant with over 40 years of experience in emergency services, the five-volume Hazm......more
Written by a hazardous materials consultant with over 40 years of experience in emergency services, the five-volume Hazm......more
Written by a hazardous materials consultant with over 40 years of experience in emergency services, the five-volume Hazm......more
Written by a hazardous materials consultant with over 40 years of experience in emergency services, the five-volume Hazm......more
Written by a hazardous materials consultant with over 40 years of experience in emergency services, the five-volume Hazm......more
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Showcasing internationally sourced case studies on disaster management, International Case Studies in the Management of ......more
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Catastrophe weaves together compelling stories and potent lessons learned from the calamitous Halifax explosion--the wor......more
From one of China’s most acclaimed and decorated writers comes a powerful first-person account of life in Wuhan during t......more
Social Sensing and Big Data Computing for Disaster Management captures recent advancements in leveraging social sensing ......more
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Many communities in the United States have been abandoned by the state. What happens when natural disasters add to their......more
This book examines how states in eight countries across Asia and the Pacific address internal displacement in the contex......more
The Impact of Natural Disasters on Systemic Political and Social Inequities in the U.S. examines how natural disasters i......more
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An award-winning historian reveals the harrowing, little-known story of an American effort to save the newly formed Sovi......more
This century has seen the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history--but who bears the brunt of these monster storms? Conside......more
In this volume, contributors look at response, recovery and adaptation to climate-induced disasters, in Asia-Pacific - t......more
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To support development of Puerto Rico’s short- and long-term recovery and resilience plan, experts conducted a comprehen......more
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Now in its second edition, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for Disaster Management has been completely updated to t......more
Reformulating a problem of both constitutionalism and liberalism discussed in the works of Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde, H......more
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