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  • Cuba
    Jonathan Curry-Machado
    Este libro se basa en el documental Cuba: Vivir entre ciclones (2019, dir. Michael Chanan), y cuenta las historias a través de las voces de los entrevistados.Cuba: Vivir entre ciclones es un libro sobre los elementos - huracanes y lluvia, el mar y la tierra. Sobre un puerto pescador en la costa norte de Cuba que ha visto mejores días: Caibarién, donde el Huracán Irma - uno de l...
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    38,06 €

  • Disaster Management and Human Health Risk VII
    Research presented at the 7th International Conference on Disaster Management and Human Health: Reducing Risk, Improving Outcomes is contained in this volume. These contributions from academics and experts focus on public health, security and disaster management with the goal to assess the potential risk from various types of disaster and highlight ways to prevent or alleviate ...
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    206,74 €

  • The Overlooked Voices of Hurricane Katrina
    Ophera Davis
    Hurricane seasons have become overactive since 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit. The only longitudinal study on a single group of women disaster survivors in America, The Overlooked Voices of Hurricane Katrina brings overlooked voices to the forefront as these women share their stories and strategies of survival and recovery before, during, and after Katrina. Using narrative the...
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    21,00 €

  • The Overlooked Voices of Hurricane Katrina
    Ophera Davis
    Hurricane seasons have become overactive since 2005 when Hurricane Katrina hit. The only longitudinal study on a single group of women disaster survivors in America, The Overlooked Voices of Hurricane Katrina brings overlooked voices to the forefront as these women share their stories and strategies of survival and recovery before, during, and after Katrina. Using narrative the...
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    14,02 €

  • Disaster Resilience in Asia-A Special Supplement 0f Asia’s Journey to Prosperity
    Asian Development Bank
    This supplement discusses disaster risk, resilience and risk management in Asia and the Pacific. It highlights policy lessons for disaster resilience and pandemic recovery.Asia and the Pacific has seen tremendous economic and social progress since the 1960s. Yet, the region remains vulnerable to natural hazards and to rising disaster risk that threatens its hard-won gains. The ...
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    25,68 €

  • Cuba
    Jonathan Curry-Machado
    This book is based on the film Cuba: Living Between Hurricanes (2019, dir. Michael Chanan), and tells the stories through the voices of those who were interviewed. It is a book about the elements - hurricanes and rain, the sea and the earth. About a fishing port on the north coast of Cuba which has seen better days: Caibarién, where Hurricane Irma - one of the most powerful eve...
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    38,06 €

  • From Evolution to Extinction
    André Clément / Richard Guy
    From Evolution to Extinction, A Primer on Global Warming delivers one message: global warming presents an imminent threat to the existence of almost all living things including the human species. Technological advances are compounding our efforts to deal with global warming as the tipping point draws inexorablycloser at an accelerating speed. Addressing the pending crisis requi...
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    18,96 €

  • All Shook Up
    Nigel Raab / Arsenii Chiorniy
    All Shook Up is the first full-length study to explore how the Soviet government and citizens responded to major disasters. Although traditional disaster studies focus on scientific aspects, All Shook Up looks at political repercussions and social opportunities that emerged after disasters. By juxtaposing the response to earthquakes in the Central Asian republics to nuclear cat...
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    40,68 €

  • The Disaster Survival Handbook
    Sam Fury
    Do You Know How to Survive a Disaster?If the answer is 'NO' then The Disaster Survival Handbook is a MUST-HAVE!This is a no-nonsense reference book on how to stay alive during man-made and natural disasters.It will also teach you the basics of prepping so you can survive the aftermath.Prepare yourself with the knowledge you need, because you never know when disaster will strike...
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    24,24 €

  • Win-Win Survival Handbook
    Marshall Masters
    Prepare for Cooperation - Not ConfrontationWith a Win-Win, you build for continuity of life so that, while others are hitting walls, you’re going over speed bumps. Your Plan B is the noble and life-affirming mission to prepare your progeny to colonize distant worlds.This book guides you through the development process with detailed instructions for designing, building, and shie...
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    58,95 €

  • Urban Water Systems & Floods III
    Flooding is a global phenomenon that claims numerous lives worldwide each year. Apart from the physical damage to buildings, contents and loss of life, which are the most obvious, impacts of floods upon households and other more indirect losses are often overlooked. These indirect and intangible impacts are generally associated with disruption to normal life and longer term hea...
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    153,74 €

  • Louisiana’s Response to Extreme Weather
    Shirley Laska
    Earth sciences; Natural disasters; Climate change; Coasts; Environmental management; Environmental law; Environmental policy; Social justice; Human rightsThis work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work’s license are retained by the author or authors. ...
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    92,12 €

  • Louisiana’s Response to Extreme Weather
    Shirley Laska
    Earth sciences; Natural disasters; Climate change; Coasts; Environmental management; Environmental law; Environmental policy; Social justice; Human rightsThis work was published by Saint Philip Street Press pursuant to a Creative Commons license permitting commercial use. All rights not granted by the work’s license are retained by the author or authors. ...
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    76,61 €

  • Tourism and Earthquakes
    This book examines the relationship between tourism and earthquakes through all stages of a disaster. It discusses the measures for managing tourism after earthquakes and examines the means to mitigate the impacts of earthquakes. It provides insights into the ethical, commercial and socioeconomic issues facing tourism after a major earthquake. ...
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    169,74 €

  • Tourism and Earthquakes
    This book examines the relationship between tourism and earthquakes through all stages of a disaster. It discusses the measures for managing tourism after earthquakes and examines the means to mitigate the impacts of earthquakes. It provides insights into the ethical, commercial and socioeconomic issues facing tourism after a major earthquake. ...
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    48,13 €

  • Disasters
    Bert Gordijn / Dónal P O’Mathúna / Vilius Dranseika
    This Open Access Book is the first to examine disasters from a multidisciplinary perspective. Justification of actions in the face of disasters requires recourse both to conceptual analysis and ethical traditions. Part 1 of the book contains chapters on how disasters are conceptualized in different academic disciplines relevant to disasters. Part 2 has chapters on how ethical i...
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    78,43 €

  • Disasters
    Bert Gordijn / Dónal P O’Mathúna / Vilius Dranseika
    This Open Access Book is the first to examine disasters from a multidisciplinary perspective. Justification of actions in the face of disasters requires recourse both to conceptual analysis and ethical traditions. Part 1 of the book contains chapters on how disasters are conceptualized in different academic disciplines relevant to disasters. Part 2 has chapters on how ethical i...
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    64,06 €

  • Advancing Culture of Living With Landslides
    Kyoji Sassa / Matjaž Mikoš / Yueping Yin
    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, Slovenia from May 29 to June 2, 2017. The complete collection of papers from ...
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    96,42 €

  • Advancing Culture of Living With Landslides
    Kyoji Sassa / Matjaž Mikoš / Yueping Yin
    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, Slovenia from May 29 to June 2, 2017. The complete collection of papers from ...
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    111,94 €

  • Governing Disaster in Urban Environments
    Julia Nevárez
    Governing Disaster in Urban Environments: Climate Change Preparation and Adaption after Hurricane Sandy is a comprehensive account of relevant debates, conceptualizations, and practical considerations for the governance of disaster at multiple scales. In this interdisciplinary work, Julia Nevárez uses the example of Hurricane Sandy to analyze the complex phenomenon of climate c...
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    54,60 €

  • The Storm
    Daniel Defoe
    The Storm: Or, A Collection Of The Most Remarkable Casualties And Disasters Which Happen’D In The Late Dreadful Tempest, Both By Sea And Land.This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature.In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards:1. Type...
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    14,50 €

  • Earth and Atmospheric Disaster Management Natural and Man-made
    Navale Pandharinath
      In recent decades, it is observed, there is a rise in disasters all over the world and attributed to global warming and climate change. In order to reduce the adverse effect of natural disaster events and to educate the people over the world how to minimize the losses, particularly life, the world body (UN) declared the decade 1990-1999 as “International Decade for Natural Di...
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    97,79 €

  • SHTF Prepping
    Gavin Williams
    Prepare Yourself for when Sh*t Hits The Fan!Are you prepared for when disaster strikes?Would you know what to do to save protect and feed your family?We live in uncertain times...In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic shook the world. Also, natural disasters like hurricanes Michael and Sandy have hit the country recently, killing thousands of people and leaving many more people home...
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    12,08 €

  • Everything Earthquakes and Tsunamis | Natural Disaster Books for Kids Grade 5 | Children’s Earth Sciences Books
    Baby Professor
    Earthquakes and tsunamis are two powerful forces that change the Earth’s surface. In this book, you will study how these natural disasters happen, the damage they create and what you can do to keep safe. You will also learn to identify some of the major faults in the world and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Start reading today! ...
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    18,17 €

  • Everything Earthquakes and Tsunamis | Natural Disaster Books for Kids Grade 5 | Children’s Earth Sciences Books
    Baby Professor
    Earthquakes and tsunamis are two powerful forces that change the Earth’s surface. In this book, you will study how these natural disasters happen, the damage they create and what you can do to keep safe. You will also learn to identify some of the major faults in the world and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Start reading today! ...
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    28,42 €

  • Geologic Processes and Events | The Changing Earth | Geology Book | Interactive Science Grade 8 | Children’s Earth Sciences Books
    Baby Professor
    Fossils are evidences of lives thousands of years ago. Archaeologists search all over the world to find and study them. The purpose of this interactive science book is to help students understand how fossils show changes in life and environmental conditions throughout geologic time. Students will also learn about absolute and relating dating, and what their uses are. Get a copy...
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    22,00 €

  • Geologic Processes and Events | The Changing Earth | Geology Book | Interactive Science Grade 8 | Children’s Earth Sciences Books
    Baby Professor
    Fossils are evidences of lives thousands of years ago. Archaeologists search all over the world to find and study them. The purpose of this interactive science book is to help students understand how fossils show changes in life and environmental conditions throughout geologic time. Students will also learn about absolute and relating dating, and what their uses are. Get a copy...
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    32,05 €

  • The Prepper’s Survival Handbook
    Buck Collins
    When Disaster strikes, will you be ready?It’s a question we’ve all asked ourselves, and a question that is answered in great detail by an author who has survived multiple disasters not by going to extreme measures, but by taking preparation one step at a time to ready his household, his community and his mind.If you’ve ever thought that preparation would be too difficult to man...
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    25,56 €

  • The Prepper’s Survival Handbook
    Buck Collins
    When Disaster strikes, will you be ready?It’s a question we’ve all asked ourselves, and a question that is answered in great detail by an author who has survived multiple disasters not by going to extreme measures, but by taking preparation one step at a time to ready his household, his community and his mind.If you’ve ever thought that preparation would be too difficult to man...
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    31,17 €

  • Prepping
    Dion Rosser
    Are you one of those people who think preppers are foolish? Wasting their time? Panicking over nothing?Or are you starting to take it seriously?The world is falling apart, bit by bit. Be it a human-made or natural disasters, things are getting worse, and everyone needs to be prepared for the day when the SHTF (Shit Hits The Fan).It isn’t just weather and wars; with one financia...
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    23,42 €


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