Presenting key examples and case studies of how design has responded to the pandemic, Design and Covid-19 offers lessons and approaches to design for future resilience.
El 17 de diciembre de 2010, 3300 personas evacuaron el casco urbano del municipio de Gramalote, Norte Santander, como consecuencia de un desastre ambiental que destruyó el pueblo durante una de las temporadas lluviosas más severas que ha afrontado Colombia.
Japan is a place where powerful earthquakes have occurred more frequently and have caused more harm in the modern era than they have in all but a handful of other locations on the planet.
Japan is a place where powerful earthquakes have occurred more frequently and have caused more harm in the modern era than they have in all but a handful of other locations on the planet.
Este trabajo forma parte de la estrategia e iniciativa que impulsa la Organizacion Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) y la Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (UNTREF) a nivel nacional, para entender mejor la relacion entre migracion, ambiente y cambio climatico, mediante la generacion de conocimiento conceptual y empirico.
Des de la perspectiva de trenta anys d'experiència empresarial i la presidència de les organitzacions representatives del sector, Cinta Pascual analitza la situació de l'atenció sociosanitària al nostre país, les mancances i les fortaleses que va posar de relleu la COVID-19 i els reptes de futur davant de l'augment de l'esperança de vida i l'envelliment de la població.
In the wake of Vladimir Lenin's death in 1924, various protagonists grappled to become his successor, but it was not until 1928 that Joseph Stalin emerged as leader of the Russian Marxists' Bolshevik wing.
From the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to the Sandy Hook school massacre of 2012, this two-volume encyclopedia surveys tragic events-natural and man-made, famous and forgotten-that helped shape American history.
From the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to the Sandy Hook school massacre of 2012, this two-volume encyclopedia surveys tragic events-natural and man-made, famous and forgotten-that helped shape American history.
The death and devastation wrought by the tsunami in South Asia, Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf states, the earthquake in Pakistan, the mudslides in the Philippines, the tornadoes in the American Midwest, another earthquake in Indonesia-these are only the most recent acts of God to cause people of faith to question God's role in the physical universe.
This two-volume encyclopedia provides the science behind such heart-pumping geophysical hazards as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, cyclones, and floods, as well as authoritative entries on notable natural disasters around the world and the agencies that help those they impact.
The riveting true story of one of Canadas worst mining disasters, told in the voices of the men who survived itThey said it was the worlds deepest and most dangerous coal mine.
Selbst wachsen und Wachstum begleitenDieses Buch ist für jeden gedacht, der das Bedürfnis hat, sich selbst weiter in das Leben und in Beziehungen hinein zu entfalten.
Una noche en el infierno es una novela basada en hechos reales que relata lo sucedido el 30 de diciembre de 2004 en esa trágica noche donde ocurrió un incendio en el boliche República de Cromañón, visto desde distintas perspectivas.
This report assesses relief programs established by Nepal during its 2020 COVID-19 lockdown to mitigate food insecurity among vulnerable groups, analyzes their effectiveness, and recommends ways to make them more responsive and resilient.
This book explores the pervasive anticipation of catastrophe in contemporary society, examining how temporal expectations shape personal and collective experiences and influence our perspectives and responses.
Tsunamis in the European-Mediterranean Region: From Historical Record to Risk Mitigation provides readers with a much needed, reliable, and up-to-date history of the region, including descriptions and parameters of the main events from pre-history to the present that are supported by parametric catalogues, pictorial material, and examples of instrumental records, such as tide-gauge records.
Equipado con un cuaderno de notas, una botella de agua y una mochila liviana, Diego Alfaro Palma avanza por las calles de Santiago de Chile durante la gran explosión popular que comenzó los primeros días de octubre y se extendió hasta el final del 2019.
Tsunamis in the European-Mediterranean Region: From Historical Record to Risk Mitigation provides readers with a much needed, reliable, and up-to-date history of the region, including descriptions and parameters of the main events from pre-history to the present that are supported by parametric catalogues, pictorial material, and examples of instrumental records, such as tide-gauge records.
Timeless wisdom on generosity and gratitude from the great Stoic philosopher SenecaTo give and receive well may be the most human thing you can do-but it is also the closest you can come to divinity.
Tras el colapso del comunismo en los 90, cuando la lucha de clases alcanzó su máximo apogeo, se pasó a nuevos modelos de conflictos en la globalización: los conflictos de identidades en los Estados debilitados y en desagregación, los conflictos de distribución en la economía global y en los territorios nacionales y subnacionales (del ingreso y el patrimonio, el poder y los riesgos), los conflictos por la concentración y centralización en los centiles entre pobres y la clase media con relación a los grandes multimillonarios del planeta que en 2017, según Oxfam, el 1 % más rico poseía el 82 % de la riqueza mundial generada en dicho año.
When disaster strikes, our instinctive response is to make things better, not only as individuals but also as groups, organisations, communities and major institutions within society.
When disaster strikes, our instinctive response is to make things better, not only as individuals but also as groups, organisations, communities and major institutions within society.
This report explains how rising climate and disaster risk is set to increase the vulnerability of Asia and the Pacific region's urban poor and identifies how to engender systemic change to strengthen their resilience.
A host of catastrophes, natural and otherwise, as well as some pleasant surprises like the sudden end of the cold war without a shot being fired have caught governments and societies unprepared many times in recent decades.
