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

This book explores the scope and breadth of religious organizations in social work practice.

In January 1944, an earthquake reduced the province of San Juan, Argentina, to rubble, leaving perhaps ten thousand dead and one hundred thousand homeless.

Contemporary natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina are quickly followed by disagreements about whether and how communities should be rebuilt, whether political leaders represent the community's best interests, and whether the devastation could have been prevented.

In The Need to Help Liisa H.

Disaster, development, and the struggle for coastal livelihoods in post-tsunami India.

The human drama, and long-term lessons, of the Fukushima nuclear disasterThe Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011 presented an enormous challenge even to Japan, one of the world's most advanced and organized countries.

The first biography of Asenath Nicholson, Compassionate Stranger recovers the largely forgotten history of an extraordinary woman.

Three devastating epidemics swept Egypt in the 1940's killing more people than all the wars Egypt has fought in the twentieth century.

On March 11, 2011, an underwater earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, Japan, triggered one of the most devastating tsunamis of a generation.

On March 11, 2011, an underwater earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, Japan, triggered one of the most devastating tsunamis of a generation.

On December 26, 2004, a massive tsunami triggered by an underwater earthquake pummeled the coasts of Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and other countries along the Indian Ocean.

On December 26, 2004, a massive tsunami triggered by an underwater earthquake pummeled the coasts of Thailand, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and other countries along the Indian Ocean.

With one million dead, and just as many forced to emigrate, the Irish Famine (1845-52) is among the worst health calamities in history.

In the midst of the Great Depression, a furious storm struck the Florida Keys with devastating force.

From earthquakes to tornados, elected officials' responses to natural disasters can leave an indelible mark on their political careers.

On February 27, 2010, Chile was rocked by a violent earthquake five hundred times more powerful than the one that hit Haiti just six weeks prior.

Assessments of the costs of war generally focus on the financial, political, military, and territorial risks associated with involvement in violent conflict.

The human drama, and long-term lessons, of the Fukushima nuclear disasterThe Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011 presented an enormous challenge even to Japan, one of the world's most advanced and organized countries.

Out of sight of most Americans, global corporations like Nestl , Suez, and Veolia are rapidly buying up our local water sources lakes, streams, and springs and taking control of public water services.

A Celebration of Everyone Who Fulfills Their Purpose Through Unexpected ChallengesUntil two years of age, Craig and Samantha's son Connor was just like other kids playful, verbal, and affectionate.

From the Asian tsunami of 2004 to hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Tohoku earthquake of 2011, our century has been fraught with catastrophic natural disasters.

Drawing on a great many in-depth interviews with government officials and front-line workers, contributors provide a comparative assessment of approaches to immigrant settlement in nineteen Canadian municipalities.

A Subtle Balance critically reflects on major trends and enduring challenges over the last four decades of public policy and governance.

A Subtle Balance critically reflects on major trends and enduring challenges over the last four decades of public policy and governance.

Since the Colombo Plan in the early 1950s, food aid has been an important and highly visible component of the Canadian development assistance program.

The extensive literature about averting ecological disasters, nuclear catastrophe, and unsupportable overpopulation typically describes dangers, analyzes their implications, and presses for remedial action.

With an emphasis on the practical, this book explains how people react to different sorts of crises, whether they be economic, environmental, health or war, and how we can better support the public, our families, and ourselves in future crises.

Dramatic scenes of devastation and suffering caused by disasters such as the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, are viewed with shock and horror by millions of us across the world.

In November 2019, a new strain of coronavirus appeared in Wuhan, China, and quickly spread across the world.

In times of crisis, when institutions of power are laid bare, people turn to one another.

A century after it sank to the bottom of the St.

Within the Yarra River catchment area nestles the valley of Steels Creek, a small shallow basin in the lee of Kinglake plateau and the Great Dividing Range.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZEFEATURED IN THE OBSERVER'S SPORTS WRITERS' BOOKS OF THE YEAROn 15 April 1989, 96 people were fatally injured on a football terrace at an FA Cup semi-final in Sheffield.

Acclaim for The Great Fire of London"e;Popular narrative history at its best, well researched, imaginatively and dramatically written.

Prevention, preparedness, response and recovery--the key components of emergency planning--form the major sections of this work.

In this ground-breaking study, Sophie Body-Gendrot provides a comparative analysis of the growing problem of new forms of poverty and social marginalisation in contemporary advanced societies.

Earth's climate is always changing.

The nuclear accident at Three Mile Island in March 1979 was as much a social-systems failure as it was an engineering failure.

Addressing the major issues surrounding the use of nuclear power, twenty-nine social scientists with extensive involvement in the assessment and management of nuclear technology discuss critical areas of concern--problem recognition, risk estimation, and policy formation and implementation.

The nuclear accident at Three Mile Island in March 1979 was as much a social-systems failure as it was an engineering failure.

Addressing the major issues surrounding the use of nuclear power, twenty-nine social scientists with extensive involvement in the assessment and management of nuclear technology discuss critical areas of concern--problem recognition, risk estimation, and policy formation and implementation.

Reconfiguring Global Societies in the Pre-Vaccination Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic examines lived experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic in communities and societies around the world before the arrival of vaccines.

Did 9/11 revive a North American guns-butter trade-off?

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

This is the definitive, unique account of the disaster in which 96 men, women and children were killed, hundreds injured and thousands traumatised.

In the spring of 2001, an industrial fishing trawler went down in the icy waters just below the Arctic Circle, with its position last recorded at 58 degrees north.

"e;[An] executive summary of modern political history studded with sweeping assertions and telling anecdotes.

From one of China's most acclaimed and decorated writers comes a powerful first-person account of life in Wuhan during the COVID-nineteen outbreak.

Assessments of the costs of war generally focus on the financial, political, military, and territorial risks associated with involvement in violent conflict.

This book investigates how nature and history intertwined during the violent aftermath of the Latin American Wars of Independence.