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Taylor & Francis Narratives of Faith from the Haiti Earthquake
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Production of Disaster and Recovery in PostEarthquake Haiti
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Taylor & Francis Introduction to Emergency Management and Disaster Science
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Taylor & Francis Law Property and Disasters Adaptive Perspectives from the Global South
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Coastal Defences Processes Problems and Solutions
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Taylor & Francis Natural Disasters and Cultural Change
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Taylor & Francis Gender and Wildfire
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Taylor & Francis The Tsunami of 2004 in Sri Lanka
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Recovering from Earthquakes Response Reconstruction and Impact Mitigation in India
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Taylor & Francis Natural Disasters and Cultural Change One World Archaeology Paperback
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Taylor & Francis Cities Disaster Risk and Adaptation Routledge Critical Introductions to Urbanism and the City
Book SynopsisWorldwide, disasters and climate change pose a serious risk to sustainable urban development, resulting in escalating human and economic costs. Consequently, city authorities and other urban actors face the challenge of integrating risk reduction and adaptation strategies into their work. However, related knowledge and expertise are still scarce and fragmented.Cities, Disaster Risk and Adaptation explores ways in which resilient cities can be âbuiltâ and sustainable urban transformations achieved. The book provides a comprehensive understanding of urban risk reduction and adaptation planning, exploring key theoretical concepts and analysing the complex interrelations between cities, disasters and climate change. Furthermore, it provides an overview of current risk reduction and adaptation approaches taken by both city authorities and city dwellers from diverse contexts in low, middle and high income nations. Finally, the book offers a planning framework for reducing and adapting to risk in urban areas by expanding on pre-existing positive actions and addressing current shortfalls in theory and practice. The importance of a distributed urban governance system, in which institutionsâ and citizensâ adaptive capacities can support and complement each other, is highlighted.This book takes a holistic approach; it integrates perspectives and practice from risk reduction and climate change adaptation based on a specific urban viewpoint. The text is richly supplemented with boxed case studies written by renowned academics and practitioners in the field and âtest yourselfâ scenarios that integrate theory into practice. Each chapter contains learning objectives, end of chapter questions, suggested further reading and web resources, as well as a wealth of tables and figures. This book is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of geography, urban studies and planning, architecture, environmental studies, international development, sociology and sustainability studies.Trade Review"Christine Wamsler has produced what can only be described as an all-encompassing book on urban sustainability, risk and disaster management, and urban resilience." - Urban Studies, Mario Pole`se, University of Quebec, Canada"A very timely and valuable contribution to the literature for urban planners, city governments and all those who wish to understand the interactions between urbanization, disaster risk and climate change, and explore innovative ways and means of action." — David Satterthwaite, Senior Fellow at the International Institute of Environment and Development, coordinating lead author on the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report"I congratulate the author on this important book which bridges the gap between theory, rhetoric and the daily efforts to manage disasters and reduce risk in urban areas worldwide. It develops new thinking, offers practical ideas, and lessens the time-consuming task of searching for advice on what does or does not work. Its usefulness extends far beyond its directly intended readership." — Margareta Wahlström, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk ReductionTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Setting the Scene Part I: Theoretical Framework 2. Sorting out the Conceptual ‘Jungle’ Associated with Urban Risk Reduction and Adaptation 3. The City-disasters Nexus: A Two-way Relationship Part II: Current Practice 4. City Authorities’ Approaches to Urban Risk Reduction and Adaptation 5. Citizens’ Own Ways to Reduce and Adapt to Urban Risk Part III: Moving Forward 6. Advancing Sustainable Urban Risk Governance and Transformation 7. Concluding Remarks
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cities Disaster Risk and Adaptation
Book SynopsisWorldwide, disasters and climate change pose a serious risk to sustainable urban development, resulting in escalating human and economic costs. Consequently, city authorities and other urban actors face the challenge of integrating risk reduction and adaptation strategies into their work. However, related knowledge and expertise are still scarce and fragmented.Cities, Disaster Risk and Adaptation explores ways in which resilient cities can be âbuiltâ and sustainable urban transformations achieved. The book provides a comprehensive understanding of urban risk reduction and adaptation planning, exploring key theoretical concepts and analysing the complex interrelations between cities, disasters and climate change. Furthermore, it provides an overview of current risk reduction and adaptation approaches taken by both city authorities and city dwellers from diverse contexts in low, middle and high income nations. Finally, the book offers a planning framework for reducing and adapting to risk in urban areas by expanding on pre-existing positive actions and addressing current shortfalls in theory and practice. The importance of a distributed urban governance system, in which institutionsâ and citizensâ adaptive capacities can support and complement each other, is highlighted.This book takes a holistic approach; it integrates perspectives and practice from risk reduction and climate change adaptation based on a specific urban viewpoint. The text is richly supplemented with boxed case studies written by renowned academics and practitioners in the field and âtest yourselfâ scenarios that integrate theory into practice. Each chapter contains learning objectives, end of chapter questions, suggested further reading and web resources, as well as a wealth of tables and figures. This book is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of geography, urban studies and planning, architecture, environmental studies, international development, sociology and sustainability studies.Trade Review"Christine Wamsler has produced what can only be described as an all-encompassing book on urban sustainability, risk and disaster management, and urban resilience." - Urban Studies, Mario Pole`se, University of Quebec, Canada"A very timely and valuable contribution to the literature for urban planners, city governments and all those who wish to understand the interactions between urbanization, disaster risk and climate change, and explore innovative ways and means of action." — David Satterthwaite, Senior Fellow at the International Institute of Environment and Development, coordinating lead author on the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report"I congratulate the author on this important book which bridges the gap between theory, rhetoric and the daily efforts to manage disasters and reduce risk in urban areas worldwide. It develops new thinking, offers practical ideas, and lessens the time-consuming task of searching for advice on what does or does not work. Its usefulness extends far beyond its directly intended readership." — Margareta Wahlström, United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk ReductionTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Setting the Scene Part I: Theoretical Framework 2. Sorting out the Conceptual ‘Jungle’ Associated with Urban Risk Reduction and Adaptation 3. The City-disasters Nexus: A Two-way Relationship Part II: Current Practice 4. City Authorities’ Approaches to Urban Risk Reduction and Adaptation 5. Citizens’ Own Ways to Reduce and Adapt to Urban Risk Part III: Moving Forward 6. Advancing Sustainable Urban Risk Governance and Transformation 7. Concluding Remarks
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Taylor & Francis Managing Adaptation to Climate Risk
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Taylor & Francis Managing Adaptation to Climate Risk
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Recovery From Disaster
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disaster Risk
Book SynopsisEspecially in an era of rapid global environmental change, questions and issues about and around natural hazards and disasters are dizzying in their complexityâand urgency. Answering the need for an authoritative reference work to make sense of this fast-moving area, and its vast and multidisciplinary corpus of scholarly literature, Disaster Risk is a new title from the acclaimed Routledge series, Critical Concepts in the Environment. Edited by a trio of expert researchers, this new collection of major works embraces a wide variety of methodological traditions to bring together in four volumes the foundational and the very best cutting-edge scholarship. The collection enables users to accessâand to make sense ofâthe most important research and practice. It provides a synoptic view of all the key issues, current debates, and controversies.Disaster Risk is fully indexed and includes comprehensive introductions, newly written by the editors, which place the collected materials in their historical and intellectual context. It is an essential reference collection and is destined to be valued by scholars and studentsâas well as policy-makers and practitionersâas a vital one-stop research and pedagogic resource.Å Å Å Disaster Risk is edited by three leading scholars in the field: Ben Wisner, formerly Director of International Studies at California State University at Long Beach, with a long career before that in research and teaching. He is presently engaged in full-time research and writing and has recently completed a four-year project for the United Nations University on defining and managing urban social vulnerability to disasters in six megacities (Johannesburg, Tokyo, Manila, Mumbai, Mexico City, and Los Angeles). The other co-editors of this Routledge Major Works collection are J. C. Gaillard of the University of Auckland, New Zealand; and Ilan Kelman, based at the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo, Norway.
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Taylor & Francis Learning and Calamities
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Taylor & Francis Cultures and Disasters
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Taylor & Francis Beyond Shelter after Disaster Practice Process and Possibilities
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Taylor & Francis Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management
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Taylor & Francis Crisis Disaster and Risk
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Taylor & Francis Why Vulnerability Still Matters
Book SynopsisWe think vulnerability still matters when considering how people are put at risk from hazards and this book shows why in a series of thematic chapters and case studies written by eminent disaster studies scholars that deal with the politics of disaster risk creation: precarity, conflict, and climate change.The chapters highlight different aspects of vulnerability and disaster risk creation, placing the stress rightly on what causes disasters and explaining the politics of how they are created through a combination of human interference with natural processes, the social production of vulnerability, and the neglect of response capacities. Importantly, too, the book provides a platform for many of those most prominently involved in launching disaster studies as a social discipline to reflect on developments over the past 50 years and to comment on current trends.The interdisciplinary and historical perspective that this book provides will appeal to scholars and prTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsList of Contributors Introduction: Why vulnerability still matters. Dorothea Hilhorst and Greg Bankoff Part I Why Vulnerability Still Matters Remaking the world in our own image: Vulnerability, resilience, and adaptation as historical discourses. Greg Bankoff Between precarity and the security state: A post-vulnerability view. Kenneth Hewitt Creating disaster risk and constructing gendered vulnerability. Sarah Bradshaw, Brian Linneker, and Lisa Overton What must be done to rescue the concept of vulnerability? Terry Cannon Part II Vulnerability, Conflict, and State-society Relations Disaster studies and its discontents: The postcolonial state in hazard and risk creation. Ayesha Siddiqi Humanitarianism: Navigating between resilience and vulnerability. Dorothea Hilhorst Resilience, food security, and the abandonment of crisis-affected populations. Susanne Jaspars Vulnerability and resilience in a complex and chaotic context: Evidence from Mozambique. Luís Artur Part III Disaster Risk Creation Power writ small and large: How disaster cannot be understood without reference to pushing, pulling, coercing, and seducing. Ben Wisner. Disaster risk creation: The new vulnerability. Thea Dickinson and Ian Burton Vulnerable Anthropocenes?: Towards an integrated approach. Kasia Mika and Ilan Kelman. ‘The hottest summer ever!’: Exploring vulnerability to climate change among grain producers in Eastern Norway. Bjørnar Sæther and Karen O'Brien Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disaster Risk
Book SynopsisThe text offers a comprehensive and unique perspective on disaster risk associated with natural hazards. It covers a wide range of topics, reflecting the most recent debates but also older and pioneering discussions in the academic field of disaster studies as well as in the policy and practical areas of disaster risk reduction (DRR). This book will be of particular interest to undergraduate students studying geography and environmental studies/science. It will also be of relevance to students/professionals from a wide range of social and physical science disciplines, including public health and public policy, sociology, anthropology, political science and geology.Trade ReviewThe authors have hit the nail on the head with the need for a book that covers the breadth of the natural hazard and disaster management field from a largely social perspective and which can be traversed in different ways – Professor Melissa Parsons, School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, University of New England, USThe approach of covering the topic widely from the point of view of physical processes, social research into hazards, vulnerability and specific sub-topics within these fields is useful. I have a preference for textbooks on disaster risk which look at both physical and social aspects of the issue and the authors approach does this. My preference for this broad scope reflects the interdisciplinary nature of disaster risk reduction and management. Dr Kate Taylor Smith Cambourne School of Mines, University of Exeter, UKTable of ContentsPart I: The nature and impact of disasters. 1.What’s disaster risk? 2.Where and when do disasters occur? 3.The impact of disasters. Part II: Vulnerabilities and capacities. 4.Why do disasters occur? 5.People’s vulnerability. 6.People’s capacities. Part III: Natural and socio-natural hazards. 7.Endogenous processes: Earthquake, Volcanoes and Tsunamis. 8.Gravity-Driven ‘Natural’ Exogenous Processes. 9.Climatological and hydro-meteorological hazards. 10.Socio-natural hazards. Part IV: People’s response to and resilience during and after disasters. 11.People’s behaviour in time of disaster. 12.People’s resilience. 13.Moving Towards Disaster Recovery. Part V: Disaster risk reduction and management. 14.Disaster risk reduction. 15.Disaster management. 16.Fostering disaster recovery. 17.Conclusions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Disasters Gender and Access to Healthcare
Book SynopsisDisasters, Gender and Access to Healthcare: Women in Coastal Bangladesh emphasizes women's experiences in cyclone disasters being confined with gendered identity and responsibilities in developing socio-economic conditions with minimum healthcare facilities. The study is situated in the coastal region of Bangladesh, considered as one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world. Bangladesh has been working on disaster management for a long time; however, considering gender perspective, the book reveals gaps in plans and raises serious questions about the successful implementation of healthcare strategies after disasters. The book also describes the preduringafter disaster periods showing the full picture of a disaster attack in victims' own words. Case studies of seriously affected victims give the reader an opportunity to understand the situations created for women during a disaster attack in a remote area with poor transport and healthcare facilities. TheTable of Contents1. Introduction: Why is gender analysis important in understanding the health impacts of disasters? 2. Research methodology and fieldwork in Bangladesh 3. Impacts of disasters on health 4. Gendered health impacts of disasters 5. Impacts of disaster on healthcare accessibility 6. Gender and healthcare access after disasters 7. Prevailing initiatives, gaps and people’s expectations 8. Conclusion and recommendations
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Urban Disaster Resilience
Book SynopsisAccelerating urbanization worldwide means more urban-centered disasters. Floods, earthquakes, storms and conflicts affecting densely populated areas produce significant losses in lives, livelihoods and the built environment, especially in comparison to rural areas. Poor urban dwellers, almost always the most vulnerable, too often bear the brunt. Aid agencies and urban professionals have been slowly adapting to these new conditions, but older models and practices hinder the most effective engagements.Drawing directly from the experiences of urban disasters in the Philippines, Chile, India, Thailand, Iraq, Haiti and Nepal, among other countries, Urban Disaster Resilience brings to light new collaborations and techniques for addressing the challenges of urban disasters in the coming years. Chapters range from country-specific case studies to more synthetic frameworks in order to promote innovative thinking and practical solutions.Edited by David SandeTrade Review"Urban Disaster Resilience could not have been more timely. Following global processes in 2015, including the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals, and the World Humanitarian Summit and Habitat III in 2016, this book has successfully captured a broad understanding of what needs to happen for resilience to be achieved. It will be an important introduction and reference to the subject and should be recommended reading for students of architecture, development and humanitarian studies, as well as policy makers and practitioners alike." Jemilah Mahmood, Under Secretary General, IFRC (Partnerships)"This is a unique and timely volume of innovations and insights into the theory and practice of building urban resilience. Drawing on international experience, and illustrated throughout with case examples, its authors argue the value of informality and of engaging civil society when planning for the challenges of humanitarian crisis. An excellent resource book for teaching, for research and for practice." Nabeel Hamdi, Emeritus Professor, Oxford Brookes University"Urban Disaster Resilience is a must read for those trying to catalyze resilience building in humanitarian and development assistance. It warns that humanitarian assistance is not only failing to meet the needs of an increasingly urban planet, but that its lack of a sense of space and place makes it ill equipped to do so without dramatic change." Nancy Kete, Managing Director, The Rockefeller FoundationTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I. Urban planning, design and cities 1. Designing resilient cities and neighborhoods 2. Reconstructing the city: the potential gains of using urban planning and design practices in recovery and why they are so difficult to achieve 3. Fables from the reconstruction: lessons from Chile’s recovery after the 2010 earthquake and tsunami 4. Risk, resilience and the fragile city Part II. People, places, complex systems and regulation 5. Urban disaster resilience: learning from the 2011 Bangkok, Thailand, flood using morphology and complex adaptive systems 6. Regulatory barriers and the provision of shelter in post-disaster situations: housing, land and property (HLP) issues in the recovery of Tacloban, the Philippines, after Typhoon Haiyan 7. How does reconstruction after disaster affect long-term resilience? 8. Conflict and urban displacement: the impact on Kurdish place-identity in Erbil, Iraq Part III. Urban markets, micro-enterprise, insurance and technology 9. Linking response, recovery and resilience to markets in humanitarian action 10. Petty trade and the private sector in urban reconstruction: learning from Haiti’s post-earthquake Iron Market 11. Using disaster insurance to build urban resilience: lessons from micro-enterprise in India 12. ‘Humanitarian hybrids’: new technologies and humanitarian resilience Epilogue Reflections on the practice of disaster resilience
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Cambridge University Press Flammable Australia
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Cambridge University Press Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention
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Cambridge University Press Geomorphological Hazards and Disaster Prevention
Book SynopsisHuman activities have had a huge impact on the environment and landscape, through industrialisation and land-use change, leading to climate change, deforestation, desertification, land degradation, and air and water pollution. These impacts are strongly linked to the occurrence of geomorphological hazards, such as floods, landslides, snow avalanches, soil erosion, and others. Geomorphological work includes not only the understanding but the mapping and modelling of Earth's surface processes, many of which directly affect human societies. In addition, geomorphologists are becoming increasingly involved with the dimensions of societal problem solving, through vulnerability analysis, hazard and risk assessment and management. The work of geomorphologists is therefore of prime importance for disaster prevention. An international team of geomorphologists have contributed their expertise to this volume, making this a scientifically rigorous work for a wide audience of geomorphologists and otTrade Review'… surely one of the most relevant and timely Earth science texts for the early 21st century given the rapidity of current global climate change and predicted increase in associated natural disasters and infrastructural consequences. This comprehensive text on hazards brings fresh relevance and application to geomorphology and is an essential read for environmental consultants, land managers and scholars in Earth and environmental science.' Professor Stefan Grab, University of the Witwatersrand'This book provides a comprehensive guide to the role of geomorphology in hazard and risk analysis. It presents an excellent and wide-ranging review of hazards and how society can respond and attempt to manage them … It brings together an impressive group of authors with international reputations in their various fields of geomorphological research.' Professor Tim Burt, Durham University'… excellent exposition and state-of-the-art analyses of geomorphic hazards for better understanding and prevention of disasters. Alcántara-Ayala and Goudie are to be commended for their selection of topics and choice of so many prominent geoscientists to contribute chapters. Their book sets a high standard in focused analysis of diverse geomorphic hazards.' Professor John (Jack) Shroder, University of Nebraska at Omaha'Brings together a broad range of research in a well written, comprehensively illustrated and accessible format, covering all of the major events that threaten human activity and life. An excellent synthesis for geomorphologists, the wider Earth Science community, engineers, planners and other decision makers.' Professor Robert J. Allison, University of Sussex'An international team of geomorphologists have contributed their expertise to this volume, making this a scientifically rigorous work for a wide audience of geomorphologists and other Earth scientists.' The Eggs'The potential of geomorphology to identify and prevent different types of natural hazards is shown in this state-of-the-art volume, written by nearly 30 scientists from 13 countries … Since the book is attractively priced, it is definitely a recommended purchase for anyone interested in surface processes and their practical aspects.' Piotr Migoń, Geologos'This is a timely book, as population pressures and the impacts of climate change look set to increase the frequency and severity of disasters. … Another theme of this book is the need to better understand vulnerability and to incorporate it into the disaster risk reduction process. … The second part of the book highlights the key role that geography can play in providing expertise, methodologies, research and training in both geomorphology and human geography, as well as a shared forum for discussion and the development of better approaches to disaster risk reduction.' The Geographical JournalTable of ContentsList of contributors; 1. Introduction Andrew S. Goudie; Part I. Processes: 2. Regional seismic shaking hazards in mountains William B. Bull; 3. Volcanic hazards and risks: a geomorphic perspective Jean-Claude Thouret; 4. Mountain hazards Olav Slaymaker; 5. Review and future challenges in snow avalanche risk analysis Michael Bruendl, Perry Bartelt, Margreth Keiler and Thomas Glade; 6. Landslide hazards David Petley; 7. Catastrophic landslides and sedimentary budgets Monique Fort, Etienne Cossart and Gilles Arnaud-Fassetta; 8. Landslides and climactic change Lisa Borgatti and Mauro Soldati; 9. The hazardness of high-magnitude floods Avijit Gupta; 10. Flood hazards: the context of fluvial geomorphology Gerardo Benito and Paul F. Hudson; 11. Geomorphology and coastal hazards Harley Jesse Walker and Molly McGraw; 12. Weathering hazards Andrew S. Goudie and Heather Viles; 13. Hazards associated to Karst Francisco Gutiérrez; 14. Soil erosion Andrew S. Goudie and John Boardman; 15. Desertification and land degradation in arid and semi-arid regions Yang Xiaoping; 16. Dune migration and encroachment Andrew S. Goudie; Part II. Processes and Applications of Geomorphology to Risk Assessment and Management: 17. GIS for the assessment of risk from geomorphological hazards Cees J. van Westen; 18. Hazards assessment for risk analysis and risk management Michael Crozier and Thomas Glade; 19. Vulnerability analysis in geomorphic risk assessment Gabi Hufschmidt and Thomas Glade; 20. Geomorphological hazards and global climate change Andrew S. Goudie; 21. Geomorphic hazards and sustainable development David Higgitt; 22. Geomorphology and disaster prevention Irasema Alcántara-Ayala; 23. Concluding remarks: geomorphology and the international agenda Irasema Alcántara-Ayala; Index.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Childrens Blizzard
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Survival Mom
Book SynopsisSuitable for moms who know that the well-being of their brood relies on them, this book provides the information you need to know about food storage, water and sanitation, fuel and energy, medical preparedness, communication protocols and more. It allows us to see that being proactive in the face of uncertainty isn't paranoid.Trade Review"In this impressively comprehensive manual, suburban mom Bedford helps readers learn about, prepare for, and respond to all manner of disasters...Bedford's matter-of-fact yet supportive tone will keep the willies at bay." -- Publishers Weekly "Given the recent prevalence of floods, tornadoes, and power outages, this book comes at a good time. Bedford... discusses how to handle emergencies, from purifying water and storing food to making lists of financial records and establishing a safe room. [R]eaders... would do well to prepare." -- Library Journal "Lisa Bedford's Survival Mom is a much needed resource of practical preparedness and survival knowledge that anybody (even 'Survival Dads') will find an indispensable addition to their self-reliance library!" -- Ed Corcoran, Editor, Survivalist Magazine "Lisa Bedford has given every family an upbeat and useful step-by-step guide to getting through these alarming times. Hurrah for Survival Mom." -- Lew Rockwell, editor, lewrockwell.com "This 'stockpiled guide' to self-sufficiency emergency preparedness is a wealth of information for both the novice and seasoned 'survival mom'!" -- Roxanne L. Griswold, Co-Owner, Ready Made Resources/Founder, Ready Made Woman Blog + No Candidate "Well-referenced, with fresh insights, Survival Mom is funny and well-written." -- Don Aslett, author of Is There Life After Housework? "Lisa Bedford's book, like her blog, is full of up-to-date, useful information from reputable sources. Survival Mom is a good read, and has a place in any prepper/survivalist library." -- Leon Pantenburg, author of survivalcommonsense.com "Lisa Bedford explains preparedness not just as a long term goal for the future, but as an everyday lifestyle for today. This manual is a great read for anyone concerned about their own well-being and security, and that of their loved ones." -- Paul M. Munsen, President, Sun Ovens International "Lisa Bedford has written an outstanding book! Survival Mom is chock full of valuable tips and perspectives that had never crossed my mind, showing me how valuable the female perspective is when it comes to prepping and survival! This book is a keeper!" -- Matthew Stein, author of When Disaster Strikes: A Comprehensive Guide to Emergency Planning and Crisis Survival "After you become a mom, your head often swims with 'what-ifs.' But you can ease your mind with a little preparation, says Lisa Bedford, blogger and author of Survival Mom : How to Prepare Your Family for Everyday Disasters and Worst-Case Scenarios." -- USA Weekend
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Storm of the Century
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Into the Raging Sea
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Paradise Found
Book SynopsisFriday Night Lights meets Unbroken. —Tony Reali One of the most profound stories you will ever read. —Ian O''Connor Plaschke delivers a masterpiece. —Jeff PearlmanFrom L.A. Times columnist and ESPN Around the Horn panelist Bill Plaschke, a story of tragedy, triumph, and the remarkable power of high school football in one small California townOn November 8, 2018, the Camp Fire ravaged the town of Paradise, California. The fire, which burned up to 80 acres per minute, killed 86 people, and nearly every building and home in the town was reduced to ashes. In a single day, Paradise, a proud working-class town in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas, saw its population fall from 25,000 to 2,000.The Paradise High football team had long been the town’s source of joy and inspiration. But in the wake of the fire, their season was abruptly cancelled on the eve
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The University of Chicago Press The Culture of Disaster
Book SynopsisFrom antiquity through the Enlightenment, disasters were attributed to the obscure power of the stars or the vengeance of angry gods. In this title, the author argues that post-Enlightenment culture has been haunted by the sense of emergency that made natural catastrophes and human deeds both a collective crisis and a personal tragedy.Trade Review"Brave and knowledgeable, The Culture of Disaster travels to the frontiers of sense making, where things crumble, crash, and quake only to be recuperated by sense and voracious systems of meaning. I will carry this book with me as my special guide to the catastrophic tropes that rule our clouded horizon." (Avital Ronell, New York University)"
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The University of Chicago Press The ThousandYear Flood
Book SynopsisIn the early days of 1937, the Ohio River, swollen by heavy winter rains, began rising. By the time the waters crested, the Ohio and Mississippi had climbed to record heights. Nearly four hundred people had died, while a million more had run from their homes. This is a history of one of the most destructive disasters in American history.Trade Review"David Welky has done a prodigious job of reminding us about the horror inflicted by the Ohio-Mississippi flood of 1937. At its heart, The Thousand-Year Flood is a Great Depression story not unlike the Dust Bowl tragedy. His scholarship is impeccable. Highly recommended!" (Douglas Brinkley, author of The Great Deluge)"
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University of Washington Press After the Blast
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is a superb look at scientists and science at work." * Publishers Weekly *"The book is richly illustrated, supporting Wagner's evocative description of both the site and the procedures of the scientists he followed, a true window into the world of field science." * Choice *"Author Eric Wagner takes a lively, enthusiastic look at the post-eruption landscape." * The Oregonian *"Readers interested in the Pacific Northwest and historical ecology have much to glean from this carefully rendered portrait of an exceptional research community and iconic place." * Oregon Historical Quarterly *"It is a wonderful story that combines ecology, sociology, and anthropology to paint a picture of nature that can give us a feeling of hope." * In Defense of Plants *"Wagner has told an excellent story of nature in response to an extreme event and the resilience of ecosystems. There is a perfect blend of describing core ecological theories, the individuals conducting the research, and the passion many ecologists share for understanding natural systems. The book also has an inherent positivity, showing that life finds a way through the destruction of a volcanic eruption, that it makes for an enjoyable read beyond the ecological details." * Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America *"Like the seeds of lupine, Mount St. Helens is fortunate that such a writer landed on its soil, turning desolation into fertile ground." * Natural History Magazine *"Marvelous... Wagner's book highlights the amazing work done by a cast of characters who were among the first scientists to arrive at the blast site. More urgently, it chronicles nature's resiliency and the power of our ecosystems to restore and reinvent themselves." * Post Alley *
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University of Washington Press After the Blast
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is a superb look at scientists and science at work." * Publishers Weekly *"The book is richly illustrated, supporting Wagner's evocative description of both the site and the procedures of the scientists he followed, a true window into the world of field science." * Choice *"Author Eric Wagner takes a lively, enthusiastic look at the post-eruption landscape." * The Oregonian *"Readers interested in the Pacific Northwest and historical ecology have much to glean from this carefully rendered portrait of an exceptional research community and iconic place." * Oregon Historical Quarterly *"It is a wonderful story that combines ecology, sociology, and anthropology to paint a picture of nature that can give us a feeling of hope." * In Defense of Plants *"Wagner has told an excellent story of nature in response to an extreme event and the resilience of ecosystems. There is a perfect blend of describing core ecological theories, the individuals conducting the research, and the passion many ecologists share for understanding natural systems. The book also has an inherent positivity, showing that life finds a way through the destruction of a volcanic eruption, that it makes for an enjoyable read beyond the ecological details." * Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America *"Like the seeds of lupine, Mount St. Helens is fortunate that such a writer landed on its soil, turning desolation into fertile ground." * Natural History Magazine *"Marvelous... Wagner's book highlights the amazing work done by a cast of characters who were among the first scientists to arrive at the blast site. More urgently, it chronicles nature's resiliency and the power of our ecosystems to restore and reinvent themselves." * Post Alley *
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group The White Death
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Crown Publishing Group (NY) Isaacs Storm A Man a Time and the Deadliest
Book SynopsisAt the dawn of the twentieth century, a great confidence suffused America. Isaac Cline was one of the era's new men, a scientist who believed he knew all there was to know about the motion of clouds and the behavior of storms. The idea that a hurricane could damage the city of Galveston, Texas, where he was based, was to him preposterous, 'an absurd delusion.' It was 1900, a year when America felt bigger and stronger than ever before. Nothing in nature could hobble the gleaming city of Galveston, then a magical place that seemed destined to become the New York of the Gulf.That August, a strange, prolonged heat wave gripped the nation and killed scores of people in New York and Chicago. Odd things seemed to happen everywhere: A plague of crickets engulfed Waco. The Bering Glacier began to shrink. Rain fell on Galveston with greater intensity than anyone could remember. Far away, in Africa, immense thunderstorms blossomed over the city of Dakar, and great currents of wind converg
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Terra Flamma
Book SynopsisFrom the towering pines of Shasta Trinity National Forest, to the chaparral scrub of San Diego''s Mexican border, to Yosemite and the Western Sierras, trained wildland firefighter and photojournalist Stuart Palley documents California''s raging wildfires and the forces behind them during the state''s worst fire season in modern history. The dramatic images, a half decade in the making, capture the simultaneous beauty and destruction that wildfires bring as fire seasons get longer and more deadly, expensive, and destructive. In the wake of California's record-breaking series of wildfires in 2017, the images encompass five fire seasons and 45 fires. They are presented chronologically and culminate with the wine country fire siege that devastated Sonoma and Napa Counties in October 2017 and the Thomas Fire in Southern California, the largest in recorded state history. This timely book defines the state''s drought and urban sprawl challenges, drawing a broader picture of global warming and its acute effects worldwide.
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Johns Hopkins University Press Catastrophes Earthquakes Tsunamis Tornadoes and
Book SynopsisEerie, fascinating, and often moving, these tales of geologic history and human fortitude and folly will stay with you long after you put the book down.Trade ReviewIf you want to learn more about these disasters than just what's in the news headlines, this is the book for you. -- Ian Paulsen Birdbooker Report 2011Table of ContentsPrefacePrologue: Catastrophism and Uniformitarianism1. Earthquakes: The Earth in Upheaval2. Tsunamis: The Sea Rises Up3. Volcanoes: Hell's Cauldron4. Landslides: Gravity Always Wins5. Floods: Raging Waters6. Hurricanes, Cyclones, and Typhoons: Nature on the Rampage7. Tornadoes: Funnels of Death8. Blizzards: White Death9. Ice Ages: Frozen Planet10. Greenhouse Planet: Too Hot to Handle?11. Mass Extinctions: When Life Nearly Died12. Can We Survive Nature—and Our Own Folly?BibliographyIndex
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The University Press of Kentucky Japan after 311
Book SynopsisThe aftermath was overwhelming: communities were reduced to rubble, thousands of people were missing or dead, and relief organizations struggled to reach affected areas to provide aid for survivors and victims of radiation from compromised nuclear reactors.In Japan after 3/11, editors Pradyumna P.
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The University of Arizona Press Florida A Fire Survey To the Last Smoke
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University of Wisconsin Press The Great Peshtigo Fire An Eyewitness Account
Book SynopsisThis is an account of the calamitous Peshtigo fire of 1871, which burned 2400 square miles and killed more than 700 people. Included in this edition are archive photographs of Peshtigo, Wisconsin before and after the fire.
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Latitude 46 River of Fire
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Framing Community Disaster Resilience
Book SynopsisAn essential guide to the foundations, research and practices of community disaster resilience Framing Community Disaster Resilience offers a guide to the theories, research and approaches for addressing the complexity of community resilience towards hazardous events or disasters. The text draws on the activities and achievements of the project emBRACE: Building Resilience Amongst Communities in Europe. The authors identify the key dimensions of resilience across a range of disciplines and domains and present an analysis of community characteristics, networks, behaviour and practices in specific test cases. The text contains an in-depth exploration of five test cases whose communities are facing impacts triggered by different hazards, namely: river floods in Germany, earthquakes in Turkey, landslides in South Tyrol, Italy, heat-waves in London and combined fluvial and pluvial floods in Northumberland and Cumbria. The authors examine the data and indicatorTable of ContentsList of Contributors xi 1 Introduction 1Hugh Deeming 1.1 Book Content 2 References 3 Section I Conceptual and Theoretical Underpinnings to Community Disaster Resilience 5 2 Understanding Disaster Resilience: The emBRACE Approach 9Thomas Abeling, Nazmul Huq, Denis Chang‐Seng, Jörn Birkmann, Jan Wolfertz, Fabrice Renaud, and Matthias Garschagen 2.1 Introduction 9 2.2 Resilience: Concept 9 2.2.1 Resilience in the Social Domain 10 2.2.2 Resilience: An Outcome or a Process? 11 2.2.3 Resilience on Individual and Collective Levels 11 2.3 Resilience: Methodology 12 2.3.1 Social/Political Resilience 12 2.3.2 Linking Biophysical and Social Resilience 14 2.4 Resilience: Indicators 15 2.5 Gaps and Challenges 17 2.5.1 Challenges in the Transition from Ecology to Social Science 17 2.5.2 The Role of Power 18 2.5.3 Representation of Community 19 2.5.4 Transformation 20 2.5.5 Resourcefulness 21 2.6 Conclusion 22 References 22 3 Mobilising Resources for Resilience 27Cheney Shreve and Maureen Fordham 3.1 Introduction 27 3.2 Background: Origins of Livelihoods Thinking 27 3.2.1 Successes of SLAs: Changing the Way Development was Done 29 3.2.2 Key Criticisms and the Evolution of Livelihoods Thinking 30 3.2.3 A Closer Look at Social Capital: Background and Key Critiques 31 3.2.4 Summary 33 3.3 Resilience and Livelihoods Thinking 34 3.3.1 Why Disasters? 34 3.3.2 Livelihoods and Disaster Vulnerability 35 3.4 Influence of Livelihoods Thinking on Contemporary Disaster Resilience 36 3.4.1 Linking to Sustainable Livelihoods: Resources and Capacities 36 3.4.2 Community Actions 37 3.4.3 Community Learning 38 3.4.4 Summary 38 References 39 4 Social Learning and Resilience Building in the emBRACE Framework 43Justin Sharpe, Åsa Gerger Swartling, Mark Pelling, and Lucy Pearson 4.1 Introduction 43 4.2 What is Meant by Social Learning? 44 4.3 Capacities for Social Learning 46 4.4 Social Learning at the Individual Level 49 4.5 Social Learning at the Community Level 49 4.6 Social Learning and Resilience Outcomes in the emBRACE Project 52 4.7 How Social Learning Provides Opportunities for Sharing Adaptive Thinking and Practice 54 4.8 Conclusion 56 References 56 5 Wicked Problems: Resilience, Adaptation, and Complexity 61John Forrester, Richard Taylor, Lydia Pedoth, and Nilufar Matin 5.1 Introduction 61 5.2 A Brief History of Policy ‘Mess’ and ‘Wickedness’ 62 5.2.1 ‘Super‐Wicked’ Problems 63 5.3 Resilient and Adaptive Responses to Mess 64 5.4 Clumsy Solutions Linking DRR/DRM and CCA: A Mini Case Study 66 5.5 An emBRACE Model of Complex Adaptive Community Resilience 69 5.6 Conclusion 71 References 72 Section II Methods to ‘Measure’ Resilience – Data and Indicators 77 6 The emBRACE Resilience Framework: Developing an Integrated Framework for Evaluating Community Resilience to Natural Hazards 79Sylvia Kruse, Thomas Abeling, Hugh Deeming, Maureen Fordham, John Forrester, Sebastian Jülich, A. Nuray Karanci, Christian Kuhlicke, Mark Pelling, Lydia Pedoth, Stefan Schneiderbauer, and Justin Sharpe 6.1 Introduction 79 6.2 Conceptual Tensions of Community Resilience 8 6.3 Developing the emBRACE Resilience Framework 82 6.3.1 Deductive Framework Development: A Structured Literature Review 82 6.3.2 Inductive Framework Development: Empirical Case Study Research 83 6.3.3 Participatory Assessment Workshops with Stakeholder Groups 83 6.3.4 Synthesis: An Iterative Process of Framework Development 83 6.4 The Conceptual Framework for Characterising Community Resilience 84 6.4.1 Intracommunity Domains of Resilience: Resources and Capacities, Action, and Learning 84 6.4.1.1 Resources and Capacities 84 6.4.1.2 Actions 86 6.4.1.3 Learning 88 6.4.2 Extracommunity Framing of Community Resilience 89 6.4.2.1 Disaster Risk Governance 89 6.4.2.2 Non‐Directly Hazard‐Related Context, Social‐Ecological Change, and Disturbances 90 6.5 Discussion and Conclusion 91 6.5.1 Interlinkages between the Domains and Extracommunity Framing 91 6.5.2 Application and Operationalisation of the Framework in Indicator‐Based Assessments 91 6.5.3 Reflections on the Results and emBRACE Methodology and Limits of the Findings 91 References 92 7 Disaster Impact and Land Use Data Analysis in the Context of a Resilience‐Relevant Footprint 97Marco Pregnolato, Marcello Petitta, and Stefan Schneiderbauer 7.1 Introduction 97 7.2 Data and Methodology 99 7.2.1 Data 99 7.2.2 Methodology 99 7.3 Results 102 7.3.1 National Scale 102 7.3.2 Regional Scale: Analysis of Landslides that Occurred Near a Change in LULC 103 7.3.3 Subnational Scale: Analysis of HTI Changes 107 7.3.4 Subnational Scale: Analysis of the LULC Changes in Time Domain 108 7.4 Conclusions and Discussions 108 7.4.1 Is There Any Relationship Between LULC and Landslide Events? 108 7.4.2 Is There Any Relationship Between a Change in LULC and a Landslide Event? 109 7.4.3 Is It Possible to Use LULC Data as a Footprint for Landslide Events? 109 7.4.4 Is It Possible to Use Disaster Footprint and Susceptibility for Resilience Research? 109 7.5 Conclusion 110 References 110 8 Development of Quantitative Resilience Indicators for Measuring Resilience at the Local Level 113Sebastian Jülich 8.1 Introduction 113 8.2 Stages of Indicator Operationalisation 114 8.3 Quantitative Indicator Development 116 8.4 Residence Time as Partial Resilience Indicator 117 8.5 Awareness through Past Natural Disasters as Partial Resilience Indicator 118 8.5.1 Single Factor Time 119 8.5.2 Single Factor Intensity 120 8.5.3 Single Factor Distance 121 8.5.4 Combination of the Three Single Factors 121 8.6 Warning Services as Partial Resilience Indicators 122 8.7 Conclusion 123 References 124 9 Managing Complex Systems: The Need to Structure Qualitative Data 125John Forrester, Nilufar Matin, Richard Taylor, Lydia Pedoth, Belinda Davis, and Hugh Deeming 9.1 Introduction 125 9.2 Mapping of Social Networks as a Measure of Community Resilience 127 9.2.1 Assessing Resilience Using Network Maps: The embrace Experience 128 9.3 Agent‐ Based Models 131 9.3.1 Two Case Studies of ABM in emBRACE 132 9.4 Other Qualitative Data‐Structuring Methodologies 134 9.5 Discussion 134 9.6 Conclusion 136 References 136 10 Combining Quantitative and Qualitative Indicators for Assessing Community Resilience to Natural Hazards 139Daniel Becker, Stefan Schneiderbauer, John Forrester, and Lydia Pedoth 10.1 Introduction 139 10.2 Current Indicator‐Based Approaches for Assessing Community Resilience 140 10.3 From Concept to Assessment: The emBRACE Approach 142 10.3.1 Using Indicators for Assessing Community Resilience within emBRACE 142 10.3.2 The Process of Grounding our Indicators 143 10.4 Systematisation of Indicators 145 10.5 Deriving Key Indicators of Community Resilience 148 10.6 Conclusion 151 References 151 Section III Empirically Grounding the Resilience Concept 155 11 Resilience, the Limits of Adaptation and the Need for Transformation in the Context of Multiple Flood Events in Central Europe 159Christian Kuhlicke, Anna Kunath, Chloe Begg, and Maximilian Beyer 11.1 Introduction 159 11.2 Key Concepts for the Case Study 161 11.3 Insights into the Case Study Settings and Methods 162 11.3.1 Flood Risk Management in Saxony and Bavaria 162 11.3.2 Methods of Case Study Research – Description of Empirical Work 163 11.3.2.1 Interviews 163 11.3.2.2 Household Survey 163 11.4 Results of the Interviews: Resilience, Learning, and Transformation 165 11.5 Results of the Household Survey: Resilience, Limits of Adaptation, and Responsibility 167 11.5.1 Impacts of (Multiple) Flood Experience 167 11.5.2 Perception of Responsibility in Flood Risk Management 170 11.5.3 Attitudes towards Participation 171 11.6 Community Resilience and the Idea of Transformation 172 References 173 12 River and Surface Water Flooding in Northern England: The Civil Protection‐Social Protection Nexus 177Hugh Deeming, Belinda Davis, Maureen Fordham, and Simon Taylor 12.1 Introduction 177 12.2 Conceptualising Community 179 12.3 Methods 181 12.4 Results 182 12.4.1 Rural Resilience 182 12.4.2 Urban Resilience 185 12.4.2.1 Keswick 185 12.4.2.2 Cockermouth 189 12.4.2.3 Workington 191 12.5 Discussion and Conclusions 192 References 194 13 The Role of Risk Perception and Community Networks in Preparing for and Responding to Landslides: A Dolomite Case Study 197Lydia Pedoth, Richard Taylor, Christian Kofler, Agnieszka Elzbieta Stawinoga, John Forrester, Nilufar Matin, and Stefan Schneiderbauer 13.1 Introduction 197 13.2 Badia and the Alpine Context 198 13.3 Two Types of Communities and a Mixed Method Approach 201 13.4 Risk Perception, Risk Attitude, and Response Behaviour 203 13.4.1 Risk Behaviour Profiles 204 13.4.1.1 Temporal Variation in People’s Perception of Response and Recovery Actions 206 13.5 Community Networks 209 13.6 Conclusions and Discussion 214 References 217 14 The Social Life of Heatwave in London: Recasting the Role of Community and Resilience 221Sebastien Nobert and Mark Pelling 14.1 Introduction 221 14.2 Methodology 222 14.2.1 Community Resilience or Resilience from Community? 223 14.2.1.1 Community and the Elderly 223 14.2.1.2 Resilience and Community Ties 224 14.2.2 Rethinking the Normatives of Heatwave Management: Family, Social Ties, and the Collectivity 225 14.2.2.1 Loneliness, Social Networks, and Community 226 14.2.2.2 Rethinking Social Network and Social Capital as Vulnerability Factors 227 14.2.2.3 Social Capital, Fragmented Community, and New Vulnerability 230 14.3 Conclusion 231 References 232 Further Reading 234 15 Perceptions of Individual and Community Resilience to Earthquakes: A Case Study from Turkey 237A. Nuray Karanci, Gözde Ikizer, Canay Doğulu, and Dilek Ozceylan‐Aubrecht 15.1 Introduction 238 15.2 Context of the Case Study 239 15.2.1 Van: The Earthquakes and Sociodemographic Context 239 15.2.2 Adapazarı/Sakarya: The Earthquake and Sociodemographic Context 240 15.2.3 Risk Governance Setting in Turkey 240 15.3 Main Aims and Research Questions 241 15.4 Methodological Approaches 241 15.4.1 In‐Depth Interviews 242 15.4.2 Focus Groups 242 15.5 Perceptions of Resilience According to the emBRACE Framework 242 15.5.1 Resources and Capacities 244 15.5.2 Learning 250 15.5.3 Context 252 15.6 Discussion and Conclusions 252 References 254 Conclusions 257 Index 261
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Earths Natural Hazards and Disasters
Book SynopsisNatural hazards are present in every part of planet Earth. Sometimes a natural event such as extreme weather, a volcanic eruption, earthquake or disease outbreak turns into a disaster for humans, the environment, and the economy. Earth's Natural Hazards and Disasters is a textbook for undergraduates that challenges students to think critically about disasters. It explains the science behind natural events and explores how to understand risk and prepare for disasters. About this volume: Covers hazards in the geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere Explains the science of hazards in accessible terms Detailed case studies of specific disasters for each type of natural event Explores data-based risk mitigation strategies Discusses the roles of scientists, public officials, and the general public in hazard management The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and spac
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Natural Hazards Earths Processes as Hazards
Book SynopsisThe new revised fifth edition of Natural Hazards remains the go-to introductory-level survey intended for university and college courses that are concerned with earth processes that have direct, and often sudden and violent, impacts on human society. The text integrates principles of geology, hydrology, meteorology, climatology, oceanography, soil science, ecology, and solar system astronomy.The textbook explains the earth processes that drive hazardous events in an understandable way, illustrates how these processes interact with our civilization, and describes how we can better adjust to their effects. Written by leading scholars in the area, the new edition of this book takes advantage of the greatly expanding amount of information regarding natural hazards, disasters, and catastrophes. The text is designed for learning, with chapters broken into small consumable chunks of content for students. Each chapter opens with a list of learning objectives and ends with reviTable of Contents1 Introduction to Natural Hazards 2 Internal Structure of Earth and Plate Tectonics 3 Earthquakes4 Tsunamis5 Volcanoes 6 Flooding 7 Mass Wasting 8 Subsidence and Soils 9 Atmospheric Processes and Severe Weather 10 Hurricanes and Extratropical Cyclones 11 Coastal Hazards 12 Climate Change and Natural Hazards13 Wildfires 14 Impacts and Extinctions
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