Social impact of disasters / accidents (natural or man-made)

Natural disasters can happen at any time because the Earth is a living planet.

Nature is caring.

Think of this ebook as an eye opener that discusses the huge problems that man caused.

Man sure is relentless in seeking higher learning and a more comfortable living.

Historical facts will give you either joy or sadness.

Chapter 1 provides a short overview of issues Congress may consider in its oversight of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) federal assistance during the 2017 hurricane season (e.

Puerto Rico lies approximately 1,000 miles southeast of Miami and 1,500 miles from Washington, DC.

An optimistic vision of the future after Covid-19 by a leading professor of globalisation at the University of Oxford.

This pioneering book demonstrates the disproportionate impact of state responses to COVID-19 on racially marginalized communities.

This pioneering book demonstrates the disproportionate impact of state responses to COVID-19 on racially marginalized communities.

'Superb.

'An extraordinary story that deals with the urgent issues of our era .

This new book has developed as a result of the author Jane Ainsworth's deep interest in her coal mining ancestors - both paternal great grandparents, Charles Ernest Hardy and Edwin Hall Bailey, worked in collieries in the Barnsley area as did their descendants.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2022FINALIST FOR THE BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE 2022FINALIST FOR THE URSULA LE GUIN PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022WATERSTONES AND ESQUIRE BEST BOOKS OF 2022For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, Sequoia Nagamatsu's debut is a wildly imaginative, genre-bending work spanning generations across the globe as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2022FINALIST FOR THE BARNES & NOBLE DISCOVER PRIZE 2022FINALIST FOR THE URSULA LE GUIN PRIZE FOR FICTION 2022WATERSTONES AND ESQUIRE BEST BOOKS OF 2022For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, Sequoia Nagamatsu's debut is a wildly imaginative, genre-bending work spanning generations across the globe as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERThe story of a mother's quest to find her children against all odds, set against the epic backdrop of the sinking of the legendary Titanic.

This book provides a historical account of the NGO CARE as one of the largest humanitarian NGOs worldwide from 1945 to 1980.

This book provides a historical account of the NGO CARE as one of the largest humanitarian NGOs worldwide from 1945 to 1980.

Making a bold intervention into critical security studies literature, this book explores the ontological relationship between mortality and security.

Making a bold intervention into critical security studies literature, this book explores the ontological relationship between mortality and security.

Disasters kill, maim, and generate increasingly large economic losses.

The world almost conquered famine.

A riveting account of the chilling precursors and deadly aftermath of the 1986 Soviet nuclear disaster from the bestselling author of Alive.

The definitive New York Times-bestselling account: "e;One of the most intriguing and thought-provoking books about shipwreck since A Night to Remember"e; (The Detroit News).

How extreme-right antidemocratic governments around the world are prioritizing profits over citizens, stoking catastrophic wildfires, and accelerating global climate change.

With the exception of a few targeted aerial bombardments of the city's port, Beirut and Mount Lebanon did not see direct combat in World War I.

The amazing true story of the deadliest tornado in American history, as told by a survivor.

Not many people realize it, but the world is coming apartand its probably not going to get better anytime soon.

Canadian agriculture began in the East and moved westward at an irregular pace.

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Control and Resistance reveals the various ways in which food writing of the early Franco era was a potent political tool, producing ways of eating and thinking about food that privileged patriotism over personal desire.

Control and Resistance reveals the various ways in which food writing of the early Franco era was a potent political tool, producing ways of eating and thinking about food that privileged patriotism over personal desire.

Floods, fires, famines, epidemics and disasters of all kinds are on the increase, and as their frequency rises so does the call for greater resilience.

Disaster Preparedness and the United Nations: Advance Planning for Disaster Relief examines the roles and relationships of programs being implemented by the United Nations in the area of disaster relief and preparedness.

Some periods of history contain so many compounded disasters they seem to be inspired by disaster movies.

Human history is periodically punctuated by natural disasters, from Vesuvius' eruption to the modern-day Covid-19 pandemic.

'A tale of irresponsibility and inexperience' THE TIMES'Graphically written with a sense of dramatic construction' SCOTSMANOn December 28th 1879, the night of the Great Storm, the Tay Bridge collapsed, along with the train that was crossing, and everyone on board.

Love and marriage, children and family, death and grief.

'An inspirational memoir from an extraordinary woman .

The book, "e;Wet under the Rainbow"e; by Akariza Laurette Annely, explores the profound impact of the genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda on the younger generation.

On August 29th 2005, the headwaters of Hurricane Katrina's storm-surge arrived at New Orleans, the levees broke and the city was inundated.

On August 29th 2005, the headwaters of Hurricane Katrina's storm-surge arrived at New Orleans, the levees broke and the city was inundated.

The end of life, the universe and humanity as we know it in a handy A to Z format.

The methods of disaster research are indistinguishable from those used throughout the social sciences.

"e;Pitilessly compelling, the sort of saga devoured in one horrified sitting"e; from our premier chronicler of wildfires and those who fight them (National Geographic Adventure).