Disaster and Development

This diagnostics toolkit is designed to help countries assess the financial management of disaster risk and to provide a basis for them to enhance ...

This book examines urban planning and infrastructure development in Japanese cities after the second world war as a way to mitigate the risks of di...

The Multihazard Risk Atlas of Maldives is composed of Geography-Volume I, Climate and Geophysical Hazards-Volume II, Economy and Demographics-Volum...

DescriptionThe advertising industry has reached a critical and dangerous point in its development - agencies destroy themselves by doing increased ...

The gripping story of a chemical weapons catastrophe, its cover-up, and how one army doctor's discovery led to the development of chemotherapy.Illu...

When hurricanes, earthquakes, wildfires, and other disasters strike, we count our losses, search for causes, commiserate with victims, and initiate...

This book examines how states in eight countries across Asia and the Pacific address internal displacement in the context of disasters and climate ...

DescriptionA disaster is an extreme disruption of the functioning of a society that causes widespread human, material, and environmental losses tha...

A discussion of how Muslim NGOs function and their global impact in disaster relief and development that challenges stereotypes that Muslim NGOs ar...

Reducere. Award-winning investigative environmental journalist Jonathan P. Thompson digs into the science, politics, and greed behind the 2015 Gold King Mine...

Reducere. DescriptionManaging collections in today's libraries is more complicated and challenging than ever. Electronic formats, new options for collaborati...

The gripping story of a chemical weapons catastrophe, its cover-up, and how one army doctor's discovery led to the development of chemotherapy.Publ...

DescriptionThe free-market, limited-government development model has been an ecological and social disaster for the developing world. Sustainable a...

A Chernobyl survivor and award-winning historian "mercilessly chronicles the absurdities of the Soviet system" in this "vividly empathetic" account...

Reducere. This volume examines the applicability of nature-based solutions in ecological restoration practice and in contemporary landscape architecture by b...

Reducere. One of the most prominent geographical features of North America, the Great Lakes played a pivotal role in the economic and industrial development ...

With the world desperate to find energy sources that do not emit carbon gases--a desire compounded by the sky-rocketing cost of fossil fuels--nucle...

Reducere. The Kinzua Dam has cast a long shadow on Seneca life since World War II. The project, formally dedicated in 1966, broke the Treaty of Canandaigua o...

Reducere. Indiana suffered enormous losses in the Great Flood of 1913, yet this disaster is largely forgotten. The combined tornado and flood barreled throug...

Reducere. An examination of the military doctrine that animated the French defense against the German invasion in 1940.- Argues that the French learned the w...

Reducere. "Organizing Chaos" is a comprehensive guide to Emergency Management which investigates the historical foundations predating the American colonial p...

Handbook of Home Health Care Administration, Sixth Edition is a comprehensive text that reflects the current state of home health care administrati...

DescriptionHow might understandings of environmentalism and the environmental humanities shift by incorporating Islamic perspectives? In this book,...

Reducere. Neel Ahuja tracks the figure of the climate refugee in public media and policy over the past decade, arguing that journalists, security experts, po...

Reducere. The Unknown Cultural Revolution challenges the established narrative of China's Cultural Revolution, which assumes that this period of great social...

Reducere. Non-Traditional Security Issues in ASEAN examines the current state of governance of non-traditional security challenges confronting the ASEAN regi...

Reducere. Welcome to the delta--California style! Over 1, 000 miles of waterways lure sportsmen, boaters, and outdoor enthusiasts to the largest estuary in t...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Isa BlumiSince March 2015, a Saudi-led international coalition of forces--supported by Britain and the United States--has w...

DescriptionProtect yourself, your friends, and your family with these 366 spells to keep you safe from harm. In just a single day, there are a mill...

Reducere. New OR nurses will welcome the third edition of this handy orientation-in-a-book, which distills volumes of operating room knowledge into one conci...

Reducere. LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDFINALIST, 2020 PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORYBy the late 1960s and early 1970s, reeling from a wave of urban ...

Reducere. The medical specialty that deals with the care of patients suffering from injuries or illnesses that require immediate medical attention is known a...

DescriptionThe changes in Polish life, culture, economics, and development have been remarkable. And the pace of change shows little sign of abatin...

Reducere. As a child in Montana's Bitterroot Valley, Ruthie Fear sees an apparition: a strange, headless creature near a canyon creek. Its presence haunts he...

Reducere. DescriptionThe aftermath of Hurricane Katrina has placed a national spotlight on the shameful state of healthcare for America's poor. In the face o...

DescriptionThe 'job system' for organizing work has only existed for around 200 years - since the industrial revolution. Always problematic, it now...

Reducere. A soul-searing chronicle of God's miracle power. Many know Pat Robertson as the founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network whose programs have i...

The plowshare may well have destroyed more options for future generations than the sword, writes Wes Jackson in a review of practices that have bro...

Reducere. DescriptionTrauma creates substantial pain and suffering and can inevitably create cycles of dysfunction that may span generations. We can and shou...

Reducere. In French on Shifting Ground: Cultural and Coastal Erosion in South Louisiana, Nathalie Dajko introduces readers to the lower Lafourche Basin, Loui...

Reducere. Failed Crusade is a deeply informed and passionate call for a fundamentally different American-Russian relationship in the post-Yeltsin era. Author...

Reducere. Naomi Klein's 'No Logo' told us what was wrong. Now, George Monbiot shows us how to put it right. Provocative, brave and beautifully argued, 'The A...

Reducere. Have you ever experienced a change, challenge, or crisis that completely alters the rest of your life?Most of us at some point in our lives will fa...

Reducere. DescriptionThe greatest American disaster of the twentieth century, the Vietnam War. President Johnson and Nixon both lied to the American public t...

Reducere. Fr George Congreve SSJE (1835-1918) was a spiritual giant in his own times but is now largely forgotten. A Life-long Springtime shows Congreve's co...

Reducere. George Monbiot is known to millions for his newspaper commentaries, which are widely circulated on the Internet. Now in paperback, Monbiot's Manife...