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

This volume provides an account of the 1989 Hurricane Hugo for historical purposes, evaluates the physical phenomena involved and the performance of structures and systems, and identifies and recommends cases where an in-depth study would improve our ability to analyze and forecast such failures.

The water impounded behind a dam can be used to generate power and to provide water for drinking, irrigation, commerce, industry, and recreation.

The water impounded behind a dam can be used to generate power and to provide water for drinking, irrigation, commerce, industry, and recreation.

A compelling and definitive account of why we need to radically rethink our approach to dealing with catastrophic events Catastrophic events such as 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and the Tohoku "Triple Disaster" of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown that hit the eastern seaboard of Japan in 2012 are seen as surprises that have a low probability of occurring but have a debilitating impact when they do.

An authoritative study of food politics in the socialist regimes of China and the Soviet Union During the twentieth century, 80 percent of all famine victims worldwide died in China and the Soviet Union.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'A gentle and uplifting tale of warding off apocalypse in a remote corner of Cornwall .

A Gift of Barbed Wire is a penetrating look at the lives of South Vietnamese officials and their families left behind in Vietnam after the fall of Saigon in 1975.

How the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative created a new paradigm in climate policy by requiring polluters to pay for their emissions for the first time.

Case studies and analyses investigate how collaborative response to crisis can enhance social-ecological resilience and promote community reinvention.

Die forschungsbasierte Perspektive auf das Thema FluchtFlucht ist eine globale Herausforderung, über die oft nur verkürzt berichtet wird.

A century ago, governments buoyed by Progressive Era-beliefs began to assume greater responsibility for protecting and rescuing citizens.

Disaster preparedness is a topic that everyone should consider, not just people on the fringe.

From the international bestselling author of The Post-American World 'An intelligent, learned and judicious guide for a world already in the making' The New York TimesSince the end of the Cold War, the world has been shaken to its core three times.

The official death toll of the 1986 Chernobyl accident, 'the worst nuclear disaster in history', is only 54, and stories today commonly suggest that nature is thriving there.

A startling history of the Chernobyl disaster by Svetlana Alexievich, the winner of the Nobel prize in literature 2015 On 26 April 1986, at 1.

Despite the devastation caused by the magnitude 9.

Bloody, fiery spectacles-the Challenger disaster, 9/11, JFK's assassination-have given us moments of catastrophe that make it easy to answer the "e;where were you when"e; question and shape our ways of seeing what came before and after.

A classic early work by the author of Evicted, a close-up look at the lives of wildland firefighters In this rugged account of a rugged profession, Matthew Desmond explores the heart and soul of the wildland firefighter.

People-especially Americans-are by and large optimists.

Deniers of climate change sometimes quip that claims about global warming are more about political science than climate science.

The loans ordinary Americans take out to purchase homes and attend college often leave them in a sea of debt.

The loans ordinary Americans take out to purchase homes and attend college often leave them in a sea of debt.

For many Americans, the election of Barack Obama as the country's first black president signaled that we had become a post-racial nation - some even suggested that race was no longer worth discussing.

Deniers of climate change sometimes quip that claims about global warming are more about political science than climate science.

After WWII, Europe was awash in refugees.

In 2004, Darfur, Sudan was described as the "e;world's greatest humanitarian crisis.

Catastrophic risks are much greater than is commonly appreciated.

In 1871, the city of Chicago was almost entirely destroyed by what became known as The Great Fire.

Called the greatest storms on the planet, hurricanes of the North Atlantic Ocean often cause tremendous social and economic upheaval in the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean.

Natural and man-made disasters--earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, industrial crises, and many others--have claimed more than 3 million lives during the past 20 years, adversely affected the lives of at least 800 million people, and caused more than 50 billion dollars in property damages.

As the waters of the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain began to pour into New Orleans, people began asking the big question--could any of this have been avoided?

As the waters of the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain began to pour into New Orleans, people began asking the big question--could any of this have been avoided?

After WWII, Europe was awash in refugees.

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The first comprehensive examination of the relationship between war and public health, this book documents the public health consequences of war and describes what health professionals can do to minimize these consequences and even help prevent war altogether.

Natural and man-made disasters--earthquakes, floods, volcanic eruptions, industrial crises, and many others--have claimed more than 3 million lives during the past 20 years, adversely affected the lives of at least 800 million people, and caused more than 50 billion dollars in property damages.

The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation.

The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation.

Since September 11th, the threat of a bioterrorist attack--massive, lethal, and unpreventable--has hung in the air over America.

In New England, 1816 was called the Year Without a Summer.

Disasters are difficult to manage for many reasons: the immediacy of the event, magnitude of the event, lack of evidence-based practices, and the limited usefulness of many developed protocols.

In 2004, Darfur, Sudan was described as the "e;world's greatest humanitarian crisis.

In 1871, the city of Chicago was almost entirely destroyed by what became known as The Great Fire.

Today, one in every three Americans will be affected by trauma, and the most vulnerable among these victims are children.

In the Aftermath of the Pandemic is an accessible treatment manual enabling psychotherapists to use Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) to address the psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and other large-scale disasters.

In the Aftermath of the Pandemic is an accessible treatment manual enabling psychotherapists to use Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) to address the psychological consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and other large-scale disasters.

How universal are our moral obligations?

In 1983 three priests--among them Irishman Niall O'Brien --together with six lay leaders were arrested in the Philippines on a false charge of murder.

Many thousands of Irish peasants fled from the country in the terrible famine winter of 1847-48, following the road to the ports and the Liverpool ferries to make the dangerous passage across the Atlantic.