After the devastating disaster caused by the tsunami on 26 December 2004, disaster mitigation and rehabilitation have become some of the most pressing topics for discussion in geotechnical engineering and related professions.
This book aims to present the overall existing tsunami hazard in the Caribbean Sea region, a region which is typically only associated with hurricanes.
Natural disasters, terrorist attacks, financial collapses, and other crisis situations have occupied public attention to an unprecedented degree in recent years.
Esta obra es resultado del trabajo adelantado por los autores en las líneas de acción del Centro de Pensamiento UN-Caribe y del grupo de investigación "Agenda Internacional", ambos de laUniversidad del Norte.
"Bien es sabido que los modelos de desarrollo rural implementados en Colombia por las instituciones políticas, los gobiernos y los gremios económicos no han hecho sostenibles los territorios rurales, ya que persisten la pobreza, el analfabetismo, el difícil acceso a la propiedad por parte de los campesinos sin tierra y, en general, los pretextos que han dado origen a todas las políticas rurales desde la "reforma agraria" hasta la fecha.
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 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 encyclopedia is unique in the sense that it covers all applied aspects of disaster reduction and mitigation, hazard management and emergency humanitarian assistance.
This study is a modest effort in the same direction, for understanding the problems and the occurrences and also offering suggestions for seeking a remedy for the same.
This report provides the latest evidence on the scale and impacts of disaster displacement in Asia and the Pacific and outlines durable solutions for prevention, response, and recovery.
This manual sets out how to combine road safety audits with the International Road Assessment Programme methodology to form Star Ratings for Road Safety Audit.
The annual Asian Development Outlook, now in its 30th year, analyzes economic performance in the past year and forecasts performance in the next 2 years for the 45 economies in Asia and the Pacific that make up developing Asia.
The poor and vulnerable populations suffer disproportionately from the adverse impacts of climate change and disasters, which result in loss of life, damage to household and community assets, disruption of livelihoods, and loss of income.
This report prepared by an Asia-Pacific Road Safety Observatory (APRSO) taskforce analyzes how improving crash and accident data collection can better protect lives on the region's roads.
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.
Development Asia looks at the lessons learned from a decade of dealing with natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific and at how the region's economic growth could suffer unless it acts collectively on disaster risk.
The September 11th terrorist attacks, the Chernobyl nuclear accident, Hurricane Andrew and the Kobe earthquake are all recent examples of large-scale disasters that have taken a massive toll in human lives, wealth and property.
Hace poco el gobierno de Austria sorprendió al mundo con una extraña advertencia: antes o después se producirá un gran apagón eléctrico a nivel europeo, que puede generar el caos en el continente y cuyo alcance total es difícil de prever.
Tras la declaración de guerra en contra del narcotráfico en el año 2006, México tiene más de 300 000 personas asesinadas y cientos de miles desaparecidas y desplazadas.
Esta obra presenta de forma inédita una investigación de largo aliento que busca recuperar la naturaleza social del agua, y destacar que es fundamental que la sociedad participe en el manejo y conservación de este recurso, con sus prácticas, ideas, significados, valores, potenciales e intereses que le confiere.
All's Well That Ends Well - William Shakespeare - Shakespeare's All's Well That Ends Well is the story of its heroine, Helen, more so than the story of Bertram, for whose love she yearns.
Empörte Aktivisten im Hambacher Forst, wütende SchülerInnen bei den Fridays for Future-Protesten, hitzige Debatten im Bundestag und doch nur ein Schmalspurprogramm zum Klimaschutz, Plastik in den Weltmeeren, Mikroplastik im Trinkwasser, Gletscherschmelze, Tiersterben, Flygskam!
'One of the most exciting books I've ever read'- Louise ErdrichIn this profoundly human and moving narrative, the bestselling author of The World Without Us returns with a book ten years in the making: a study of the precarious state of our planet and what it means to be a human on the front lines of this existential crisis.
Zahlreiche Autorinnen und Autoren der Gegenwart begeben sich in ihren Texten auf literarische Spurensuche in Räumen ihrer Herkunft, Sehnsucht oder Imagination.
Als Israel im Krieg von 1967 das Westjordanland und damit auch die dortigen biblischen Stätten erobert hatte, sah sich eine Gruppe junger Zionisten in ihrr messianischen Deutung des zionistischen Projekts bestätigt.
