Natural disasters

This book explores the surface and subsurface hydrological conditions and their management in a tropical or sub-tropical setting applying geospatial and geostatistical derived predictive methods.

This book discusses disaster risks and hazards as well as measures to increase people's resilience.

Climate shocks are shaping human geographies, threatening coastlines, flooding settlements and heating up cities.

Wildfires in America are becoming larger, more frequent, and more destructive, driven by climate change and existing land management practices.

Communities across the United States are subject to ever-increasing human suffering and financial impacts of disasters caused by extreme weather events and other natural hazards amplified in frequency and intensity by climate change.

This book discusses disaster risks and hazards as well as measures to increase people's resilience.

This book introduces a pathbreaking approach called ‘Avoidable Disaster Deaths’ (ADD) to reduce disaster deaths.

This book encapsulates the state-of-the-art advancements and methodological innovations in structural and geotechnical engineering using OpenSees, as detailed by esteemed international scholars and practitioners at the 6th Eurasian Conference on OpenSees (EOSD), held in Beijing, China, on June 24-25, 2024.

The Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering is designed to be the authoritative and comprehensive reference covering all major aspects of the science of earthquake engineering, specifically focusing on the interaction between earthquakes and infrastructure.

This book presents the advancements in the disaster risk reduction and resilience building in the countries affected by the Indian Ocean Tsunami countries.

This book gathers the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Buildings Services (CIBv), held in Brasov, Romania, on November 7–8, 2024.

This book introduces a pathbreaking approach called ‘Avoidable Disaster Deaths’ (ADD) to reduce disaster deaths.

The increase in commercial aviation and international travel means that pandemics now spread faster than ever before.

This book provides a novel integrated solution for sedimentation problems in major dams in the Damodar River Basin.

Este libro desafía a construir y repensar el rol de la inundación desde lo urbano y lo social, a partir de la perspectiva del actor.

"Mi 27F" es un relato fluido que conmueve de principio a fin, desde su prólogo hasta su epílogo.

This book explores the relationship between the increased frequency, types, and severity of natural disasters and the significant increase in the number of social and violent disorders.

The Dust Bowl was one of the worst natural disasters in the US fueled by man's lack of ignorance on how nature works.

Theres no doubt that Hurricane Katrina was one of the most devastating weather events to hit the United Statescosting lives, property, and prosperity.

The Dust Bowl was one of the worst natural disasters in the US fueled by man's lack of ignorance on how nature works.

A Dictionary of Disaster Management offers over 200 terms covering different disasters from a social science perspective, brining together insights from many different disciplines including sociology, political science, history, anthropology, and natural science.

Earth is called the living planet because it is never the same.

Written by dispatcher Denise Stephenson, a crucial "e;first responder"e; in the Hurricane Katrina disaster as a member of Mississippis Waveland police department, this volume presents a very real portrait of a calamity that shattered the homes, lives and dreams of many Americans - a compelling episode which the author calls 911 FROM AN INSIDE LINE.

Hurricanes Katrina and Rita created the most expensive disaster, the largest evacuation, and the third deadliest flood in American history.

'Fun, action-packed and wildly original' CULTUREFLY 'Five Stars, Would Recommend' GRADY HENDRIX'Lord of the Flies crashes headfirst into The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' BENJAMIN STEVENSON> Passport> Suncream> Apocalypse?

In dem Buch geht es um einen weltweiten Hackerangriff auf die Energieversorgung.

From avalanches to volcanoes, and from the Gulf Oil Spill to bridge collapses, author Alvin JacQues explores the fascinating world of disastersboth manmade and natural.

Disaster risk now presents one of the most serious threats to inclusive and sustainable socioeconomic development.

Disaster risk now presents one of the most serious threats to inclusive and sustainable socioeconomic development.

This publication provides guidance for urban planners on how to use land use management-related tools they have at their disposal---land use planning, development control instruments, greenfield development, and urban redevelopment---to reduce disaster risk and contribute to strengthening urban resilience and sustainable urban development.

This publication provides guidance for urban planners on how to use land use management-related tools they have at their disposal---land use planning, development control instruments, greenfield development, and urban redevelopment---to reduce disaster risk and contribute to strengthening urban resilience and sustainable urban development.

How should you prepare for floods?

Das Jahr 2020 ist weltweit betrachtet eines der heißesten seit Beginn moderner Aufzeichnungen, der Arktische Ozean begann so spät zuzufrieren wie kaum einmal zuvor, seit Menschen dies überwachen.

Al entrar a los predios de la Reserva Biológica Encenillo (rbe), ubicada en la vereda Trinidad del municipio de Guasca (Cundinamarca), pocos se imaginan que allí operó una mina de piedra caliza por más de sesenta años.

The understanding of weather will bring so many benefits.

The understanding of weather will bring so many benefits.