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Service-Learning for Disaster Resilience is the first to discuss, in practical and theoretical terms, the pedagogical approach of service-learning to establish partnerships for social good that build disaster resilience.
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This book, focuses on South and Southeast Asia, upgrades our understanding of the influence of multiple sociopolitical and... Læs mere
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The Plague Years collects scholarly and essayistic reflections on literary, visual, and sonic representations of the COVID-19 and other pandemics. These are placed alongside poetry and short fiction written in the first two years of quarantine or isolation.
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Originally published in 1993, Active Lavas looks at the practical aspects of monitoring uncontrolled streams of molten rock and how field data can be applied for theoretical modelling and forecasting the growth of lava flows.
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Originally published in 1995, Monitoring Active Volcanoes is a comprehensive text which addresses the importance of volcano surveillance in the context of forecasting eruptive activity and mitigating its effects.
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This book taps into discussions about social vulnerability, empowerment, and resistance in... Læs mere
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A page-turning account of a brutal urban wildfire, and a sweeping exploration of our rapidly changing relationship with fire
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Disasters in World History surveys the development of disaster studies as a discipline as well as the historical case studies and theories used by historians to understand disasters.
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This book offers leaders, especially those in disaster management, a way to improve their ability to lead, serve, and... Læs mere
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The Routledge Handbook of Urban Disaster Resilience emphasizes the intersection of urban planning and hazard mitigation as critical for community resilience, considering the interaction of social, environmental and physical systems with disasters.
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This volume provides a summary of state of the art thinking on resilience, the different approaches, tools and methodologies for understanding the subject in urban contexts, and brings together related reflections and initiatives.
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What happens when you're on holiday and the sun explodes? Lord of the Flies meets White Lotus in this whip-smart social satire about the end of the world.