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 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 origins and development of the modern American emergency stateFrom pandemic disease, to the disasters associated with global warming, to cyberattacks, today we face an increasing array of catastrophic threats.
State failure, ethnopolitical war, genocide, famine, and refugee flows are variants of a type of complex political and humanitarian crisis, exemplified during the 1990s in places like Somalia, Bosnia, Liberia, and Afghanistan.
How extreme-right antidemocratic governments around the world are prioritizing profits over citizens, stoking catastrophic wildfires, and accelerating global climate change.
Emergency Preparedness: A Safety Guide to Planning for People, Property, and Business Continuity provides step-by-step instructions for developing prevention and response plans for all types of emergencies and disasters.
An Introduction to Emergency Exercise Design and Evaluation is designed to help practitioners and students of emergency management understand various aspects of the exercise design process.
This completely updated version of An Introduction to Emergency Exercise Design and Evaluation is designed to help practitioners and students of emergency management understand various aspects of the exercise design process.
This encyclopedia is unique in the sense that it covers all applied aspects of disaster reduction and mitigation, hazard management and emergency humanitarian assistance.
This encyclopedia is unique in the sense that it covers all applied aspects of disaster reduction and mitigation, hazard management and emergency humanitarian assistance.
This publication provides guidance for urban planners on how to use land use management-related tools they have at their disposal---land use planning, development control instruments, greenfield development, and urban redevelopment---to reduce disaster risk and contribute to strengthening urban resilience and sustainable urban development.
This encyclopedia is unique in the sense that it covers all applied aspects of disaster reduction and mitigation, hazard management and emergency humanitarian assistance.
This encyclopedia is unique in the sense that it covers all applied aspects of disaster reduction and mitigation, hazard management and emergency humanitarian assistance.
Seit mehr als drei Jahren wird die Menschheit weltweit durch politische Maßnahmen, vornehmlich in den Industriestaaten in Angst und Schrecken versetzt.
Development of various sciences invoked the Medical Council of India (MCI) New Delhi to start a department of Emergency Medicine in Medical Colleges of India.
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.
Green House Effect , Ozone Layer Depletion , Frequent Earthquakes, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Chernobyl Tragedy , Complete Extinction Of Many Species Of Fauna And Flora From The Face Of The Earth And More Particularly Rapidly Deteriorating Environmental- Ecological Conditions Have Made The Human Survival Itself A Question.
Green House Effect , Ozone Layer Depletion , Frequent Earthquakes, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Chernobyl Tragedy , Complete Extinction Of Many Species Of Fauna And Flora From The Face Of The Earth And More Particularly Rapidly Deteriorating Environmental- Ecological Conditions Have Made The Human Survival Itself A Question.
Green House Effect , Ozone Layer Depletion , Frequent Earthquakes, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Chernobyl Tragedy , Complete Extinction Of Many Species Of Fauna And Flora From The Face Of The Earth And More Particularly Rapidly Deteriorating Environmental- Ecological Conditions Have Made The Human Survival Itself A Question.
Green House Effect , Ozone Layer Depletion , Frequent Earthquakes, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Chernobyl Tragedy , Complete Extinction Of Many Species Of Fauna And Flora From The Face Of The Earth And More Particularly Rapidly Deteriorating Environmental- Ecological Conditions Have Made The Human Survival Itself A Question.
Green House Effect , Ozone Layer Depletion , Frequent Earthquakes, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Chernobyl Tragedy , Complete Extinction Of Many Species Of Fauna And Flora From The Face Of The Earth And More Particularly Rapidly Deteriorating Environmental- Ecological Conditions Have Made The Human Survival Itself A Question.
Green House Effect , Ozone Layer Depletion , Frequent Earthquakes, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Chernobyl Tragedy , Complete Extinction Of Many Species Of Fauna And Flora From The Face Of The Earth And More Particularly Rapidly Deteriorating Environmental- Ecological Conditions Have Made The Human Survival Itself A Question.
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.
