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This book concentrates on the social aspects of disaster, focusing on the most expensive disaster to date in US history, the Northridge earthquake of 1994, to examine the facets of vulnerability and post-disaster recovery strategies.
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The force of hunger in shaping human character and social structure has been largely overlooked. This omission is a serious one in the study of primitive society, in which starvation is a constant menace.
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With growing concern about the increasing amount of urban flooding and ever-more devastating effects, this book details not only established flood prevention strategies but also new approaches to prediction and resilience.
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Reflects a worldwide change in strategy: from flood defence towards flood management. This work is useful for researchers, scientists, consultants, managers, donor agencies and government bodies involved in policy making and flood management.
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Just as the sinking of the Titanic is embedded in public consciousness in the English-speaking world, so the crash of Japanese Airlines... Læs mere
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This book is the first major attempt to address, comprehensively and in-depth, the many issues associated with water and disasters. It is particularly relevant and topical in view of... Læs mere
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This book covers the experience of recent earthquakes in India and what has been learnt in the process of managing the... Læs mere
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This edited collection explores aspects of contemporary war that affect average people –physically, emotionally, and ethically through activities ranging from combat to television viewing.
Bemærk: Kan ikke leveres før jul.
This edited collection explores aspects of contemporary war that affect average people –physically, emotionally, and ethically through activities ranging from combat to television viewing.
Bemærk: Kan ikke leveres før jul.
A first-hand account of the disaster told by a survivor, this accurate and authentic account was written immediately after the earthquake and is here published with only minor additions and corrections
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