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

Geschichten, die man nie mehr vergisst: Es ist ein ganz normaler Dienstag im September.

Das Vermächtnis eines legendären Historikers und wegweisenden Intellektuellen: »Wenn die Welt sich ändert« versammelt erstmals Tony Judts wichtigste Essays in einem Buch.

Die fünf Maghrebstaaten bilden eine Art doppelten Schutzwall für die südlichen Grenzen Europas: in der Sahara und an der Mittelmeerküste.

This book is about how extreme situations appearing to have a destructive potential can actually be used to produce meaningful individual and social lives.

A young boy named Luc experiences loneliness, worry, and anger.

A young boy named Fish turns 13 and it is discovered that he has Bipolar Disorder.

A young girl named Josie experiences teasing and bullying from her classmates.

A young girl named Skippy finds it very hard to concentrate at school.

Wellness, motherhood, and technology converge in a near future California, as three women's seemingly innocuous decisions have further-reaching consequences than any of them could imagine in this timely, clever, and white-knuckled thriller that ';is dystopia at its best' (Booklist).

Liam is the boy, lying in the hospital, in grave condition, a bullet lodged in his head.

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New paperback edition with an introduction by Robert B.

"e;A vivid historical accountThompson shines in giving a sense of what it means to love a place that's been designated a 'sacrifice zone.

The fifth title in Process' Self-Reliance series demystifies medical practices with a practical approach to twenty-first-century health and home medicine, particularly helpful in a financial downturn.

In uncertain times, a solid preparedness plan is essential for every individual and family.

Beatrix uses words like she uses paint.

Recent years have witnessed considerable speculation about the potential of open data to bring about wide-scale transformation.

With more than 100 check lists, diagrams, charts, tables, forms and pre-written documents, this is the comprehensive guide to a crisis plan that you need.

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It's easy to blame the difficulties theatre now faces on the longest shutdown of stages since the mid-seventeenth century.

The Grenfell Tower tragedy was the worst residential fire in London since World War II.

The Grenfell Tower tragedy was the worst residential fire in London since World War II.

A chilling high-concept geo-political thriller where a declining United States and a resurgent China come to the brink of all out nuclear war.

What causes disasters?

HIV/AIDS is more divisive and destructive than any other disease - tearing apart communities and ostracising the afflicted.

In this original and provocative new book, Stuart Price identifies the existence of a practice that lies at the core of the western security regime - the worst-case scenario.

The challenge of global hunger is now high on the agenda of governments and international policy-makers.

This collection of essays analyses the European Union's involvement in global emergencies from a law and policy perspective.

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.

Calling all awesome autistic trans teens!

Parenting an autistic child as a neurotypical adult can be challenging but it doesn't need to feel impossible!

The art and literature of our time is pregnant with catastrophe, with weather and water, wildness and weirdness.

The depiction of historical humanitarian disasters in art exhibitions, news reports, monuments and heritage landscapes has framed the harrowing images we currently associate with dispossession.

The depiction of historical humanitarian disasters in art exhibitions, news reports, monuments and heritage landscapes has framed the harrowing images we currently associate with dispossession.

The global escalation of natural and human-induced disasters, and their future predicted occurrence is extremely worrying, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

The global escalation of natural and human-induced disasters, and their future predicted occurrence is extremely worrying, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).

In this latest volume of the Critical Perspectives on International Public Sector Management series, Professors John Diamond and Joyce Liddle have gathered leading scholars and new research to help discern some immediate areas of public policy making that have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

In this latest volume of the Critical Perspectives on International Public Sector Management series, Professors John Diamond and Joyce Liddle have gathered leading scholars and new research to help discern some immediate areas of public policy making that have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

The COVID-19 pandemic showed how transport plays a role in societal responses to global events at all levels, from governments to transport operators and individuals.

The COVID-19 pandemic showed how transport plays a role in societal responses to global events at all levels, from governments to transport operators and individuals.

2020 has left an indelible mark on the history of travel and tourism worldwide leaving tourist destinations with long-term lessons to learn from the impacts of COVID-19.

2020 has left an indelible mark on the history of travel and tourism worldwide leaving tourist destinations with long-term lessons to learn from the impacts of COVID-19.

Tourism is not only affected by pandemics and epidemics but also contributes to their spread, affecting not only tourists but also the communities in their destinations.

Tourism is not only affected by pandemics and epidemics but also contributes to their spread, affecting not only tourists but also the communities in their destinations.

Transnational migration studies tend to conceptualize a clear spatial distinction between refugee camps and their surroundings as "e;spaces of the displaced"e; and "e;spaces of the citizen"e; respectively.