This book provides a detailed introduction to natural disasters and the ways in which they have had and continue to have, profound effects on human society.
This resource uses primary documents and contextualizing essays to illuminate how America's presidents have responded to major tests of their leadership and approached their role and responsibilities in times of national crisis.
How the politicization of the pandemic endangers our lives-and our democracyCOVID-19 has killed more people than any war or public health crisis in American history, but the scale and grim human toll of the pandemic were not inevitable.
Learn the innovative strategies Microsoft pioneered that created a virtuous cycle of giving and volunteerism that has benefited the company and fulfilled its employees while making the world a better place.
Climate Change: Observed Impacts on Planet Earth, Third Edition, brings together top global researchers across many disciplines to provide a comprehensive review on the complex issue of climate change and weather patterns.
Coastal Hazards in Bangladesh: Non-Structural and Structural Solutions provides a review of the study of Bangladesh's coastal region, an area whose location and physical geography present the prefect microcosm for the study of coastal hazards and for the development of tactics that are applicable to regions around the world.
Flood Forecasting: A Global Perspective describes flood forecast systems and operations as they currently exist at national and regional centers around the globe, focusing on the technical aspects of flood forecast systems.
This book addresses disaster risk reduction (DRR) policies, focusing on reducing the paradox that exists between the compulsory implementation of DRR policies and continuing limitationsThe authors use their knowledge of the ever-evolving threats associated with disasters and their prevention to investigate this famous paradox and propose solutions that will help readers understand and reconsider its existence.
It was a warm spring evening in the country home where Beth and Marie shared their lives with dogs, cats, cows, chickens, and many beautiful birds flittering in the trees.
En estos años, pese a la crisis económica y a las restricciones por la pandemia, los espacios culturales alternativos han reforzado su carácter aglutinante, construyendo conexiones territoriales en sus barrios a través de circuitos y acciones conjuntas, así como redes de contención y lucha frente a un estado municipal ausente o limitante del desarrollo natural de estas organizaciones.
La sociología nació con el impulso de pensar un tiempo de cambios profundos, en el que las sociedades del Antiguo Régimen se resquebrajaban rápidamente para dar paso al naciente capitalismo industrial.
Contaminación de los ríos, embriones congelados, coronavirus, sida, agujero de ozono, robots… ¿Cómo comprender estos "objetos" extraños que invaden nuestro mundo?
A medida que la crisis climática se intensifica, científicos, activistas, abogados, investigadores y movimientos sociales ensayan respuestas literalmente contra reloj.
Un surtidor de YPF y garrafas de Gas del Estado en las Malvinas, relaciones más o menos fluidas entre isleños y argentinos, maestras que enseñan español en Puerto Stanley, vuelos semanales a Comodoro Rivadavia, isleños que viajan a Buenos Aires para hacer tratamientos médicos, a Córdoba para completar el colegio secundario, a Bariloche para pasar sus vacaciones.
Several scientists claim that the sixth mass extinction of global biodiversity is already underway, and other specialists highlight the importance of the environmental impact of human activity and propose our geological era should be given a new name: Anthropocene.
Several scientists claim that the sixth mass extinction of global biodiversity is already underway, and other specialists highlight the importance of the environmental impact of human activity and propose our geological era should be given a new name: Anthropocene.
Toda escritura anterior, íntima o pública, debería someterse al ejercicio de la reescritura; todo fragmento leído, al de la relectura; todo pensamiento cristalizado será devuelto a su cristal y a resquebrajarse una y mil veces; toda certeza, una particular forma de agravio; toda duda: saber que aún estamos vivos.
En Política cultural y desacuerdo, Alexandre Barbalho propone salir del terreno conocido, e incluso autocomplaciente, para experimentar la cultura como desacuerdo.
Natural disasters, instability in the finance and banking sector, widespread social protests, and other crisis situations have increasingly become the focus of public attention.
After the devastating disaster caused by the tsunami on 26 December 2004, disaster mitigation and rehabilitation have become some of the most pressing topics for discussion in geotechnical engineering and related professions.
This book aims to present the overall existing tsunami hazard in the Caribbean Sea region, a region which is typically only associated with hurricanes.
Natural disasters, terrorist attacks, financial collapses, and other crisis situations have occupied public attention to an unprecedented degree in recent years.
Esta obra es resultado del trabajo adelantado por los autores en las líneas de acción del Centro de Pensamiento UN-Caribe y del grupo de investigación "Agenda Internacional", ambos de laUniversidad del Norte.
"Bien es sabido que los modelos de desarrollo rural implementados en Colombia por las instituciones políticas, los gobiernos y los gremios económicos no han hecho sostenibles los territorios rurales, ya que persisten la pobreza, el analfabetismo, el difícil acceso a la propiedad por parte de los campesinos sin tierra y, en general, los pretextos que han dado origen a todas las políticas rurales desde la "reforma agraria" hasta la fecha.
This encyclopedia is unique in the sense that it covers all applied aspects of disaster reduction and mitigation, hazard management and emergency humanitarian assistance.
