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  • Humanitarian Intelligence
    Andrej Zwitter
    Humanitarian aid workers are faced with many challenges, from possible terrorist attacks to dealing with difficult stakeholders and securing operational space free from violence. To do their work properly and safely, they need effective intelligence. Humanitarian intelligence refers to the use of investigative and analytical techniques in service of rapid and continuous assessm...
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    44,62 €

  • Critical Environmental Communication
    Murdoch Stephens
    How do contemporary critical thinkers find a way to work between the doubt that grounds their thinking and the knowing needed to ground emancipatory political struggles? In this overview of four contemporary thinkers’-Timothy Morton, Peter Sloterdijk, Slavoj Žižek, and Bruno Latour-approaches to critique and climate change, communication scholar Murdoch Stephens discusses and a...
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    136,06 €

  • Governing Disaster in Urban Environments
    Julia Nevárez / Nevarez Julia
    Governing Disaster in Urban Environments: Climate Change Preparation and Adaption after Hurricane Sandy is a comprehensive account of relevant debates, conceptualizations, and practical considerations for the governance of disaster at multiple scales. In this interdisciplinary work, Julia Nevárez uses the example of Hurricane Sandy to analyze the complex phenomenon of climate c...
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    122,43 €

  • Disaster
    Collyn Rivers
    Disaster: Recovery is a down-to-earth book that explains how you and your family can cope during and particularly after disasters such as floods, bushfires and typhoons that can and do happen (not just may happen) around the world at any time. It is one thing to survive the initial impact of a disaster. It’s quite another to survive the subsequent fallout. Water and electricity...
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    19,02 €

  • The Law and Practice on Disaster Issues
    The Law and Practice on Disaster Issues is the first and major publication in Nigeria to present legal materials from diverse fields of Law in a single value on disaster issues. The contributors are from universities in Nigeria, the UK and South Africa. The book contains fourteen chapters covering areas such as Disaster and International Law and law in Nigeria; Rights of Childr...
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    67,60 €

  • Open Data in Developing Economies
    Andrew Young / Stefaan G. Verhulst / Stefaan GVerhulst
    Recent years have witnessed considerable speculation about the potential of open data to bring about wide-scale transformation. The bulk of existing evidence about the impact of open data, however, focuses on high-income countries. Much less is known about open data’s role and value in low- and middle-income countries, and more generally about its possible contributions to econ...
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    61,29 €

  • Regulatory Crisis
    Bridget Hutter / Sally Lloyd-Bostock
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    34,39 €

  • Terror by Rail
    Lynn Radice
    Terror by Rail is a must-read, featuring the tell-all true story of the unknown facts surrounding Amtrak 188, what could have happened that day, and why readers and their loved ones should be aware and educated in rail safety. ...
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    13,25 €

  • The Worst Man-Made Environmental Disasters - Science Book for Kids 9-12 | Children’s Science & Nature Books
    Baby Professor
    Man sure is relentless in seeking higher learning and a more comfortable living. Unfortunately, some of these initiatives lead to The Worst Man-Made Environmental Disasters. Some of the results of these disasters have even left scars to Mother Earth. What are these accidents and could they have been prevented? What can you do to avoid the same mishaps from happening today? ...
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    18,19 €

  • Bringing Hope
    Debbie McKinney
    Sometimes the UNTHINKABLE happens!When terrorists attack, tornadoes make homes disappear, or hurricanes have communities tumbling like building blocks, our hearts weep for those in need. With insight into a world most people are unaware of, Debbie McKinney brings us along on the true story of her volunteer adventures. Travel with her through both uplifting and emotionally chall...
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    10,90 €

  • Unstable Ground
    Alex Alvarez
    Unstable Ground looks at the human impact of climate change and its potential to provoke some of the most troubling crimes against humanity-ethnic conflict, war, and genocide. Alex Alvarez provides an essential overview of what science has shown to be true about climate change and examines how our warming world will challenge and stress societies and heighten the risk of mass v...
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    47,59 €

  • Television, Social Media, and Fan Culture
    Slade
    Television, Social Media, and Fan Culture examines how fans use social media to engage with television programming, characters, and narrative as well as how television uses social media to engage fan cultures. The contributors review the history and impact of social media and television programming; analyze specific programs and the impact of related social media interactions; ...
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    74,40 €

  • The Taming of Fate
    Elísio S. Macamo / Elísio SMacamo
    This book is about how extreme situations appearing to have a destructive potential can actually be used to produce meaningful individual and social lives. It is about the “taming of fate”. This notion means and accounts for the ability of individuals and communities to rebuild their lives against all odds. The book is based on case-studies that draw from theoretical insights d...
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    49,19 €

  • How to Prepare for Everything
    Aaron Titus
    There are an endless number of disasters to worry about. Preparing for every possible disaster leaves you with a long, disorganized list of things to buy or do, which may not match personal needs. Preparation can seem unattainable. We check off the first few items from our list, give up, and hope the zombies eat us first.It’s time to start preparing with one simple change: Prep...
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    34,99 €

  • How to Prepare for Everything
    Aaron Titus
    There are an endless number of disasters to worry about. Preparing for every possible disaster leaves you with a long, disorganized list of things to buy or do, which may not match personal needs. Preparation can seem unattainable. We check off the first few items from our list, give up, and hope the zombies eat us first.It’s time to start preparing with one simple change: Prep...
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    26,04 €

  • Smart Technologies for Emergency Response and Disaster Management
    Disaster management is an imperative area of concern for society on a global scale. Understanding how to best utilize information and communication technology to help manage emergency and disaster situations will lead to more effective advances and innovations in this important field. Smart Technologies for Emergency Response and Disaster Management is a pivotal reference sourc...
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    295,05 €

  • Prepared Neighborhoods
    Scott James
    Resiliency is a worthwhile pursuit, both for individuals and communities. But how to build strength into our lives as citizens? And into our towns? According to author Scott James, the answer lies within our neighborhoods, where sustainability meets preparedness. Prepared Neighborhoods will walk you step by step through creating a more resilient – and enjoyable – neighborhood a...
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    15,72 €

  • Disaster Management
    Cathy Hogan
    Disaster management is concerned with minimizing the adverse effects of natural as well as manmade disasters. This involves devising strategies and developing programs to mitigate the loss to life and other assets. This book is a compilation of chapters that discuss the most vital concepts and emerging trends in the field of disaster management. The objective of this text is to...
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    172,93 €

  • Disaster Preparedness and Management
    Judah Carter
    Disaster preparedness is the process in which systematic programmes are created to reduce potential damages that are caused by disasters. This book on disaster preparedness and management takes into account all aspects of risk identification and vulnerability for pre-incident training and testing as well as incident assessment and accurate communication. The topics included in ...
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    176,07 €

  • HBO’s Treme and Post-Katrina Catharsis
    Ten years after Hurricane Katrina, outsiders will have two versions of the Katrina experience. One version will be the images they recall from news coverage of the aftermath. The other will be the intimate portrayal of the determination of New Orleans residents to rebuild and recover their lives. HBO’s Treme offers outsiders an inside look into why New Orleanians refused to aba...
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    142,33 €

  • Japan’s March 2011 Disaster and Moral Grit
    Michael C. Brannigan / Michael CBrannigan
    Japan’s March 11, 2011 triple horror of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown is its worst catastrophe since Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Recovery remains an ongoing ordeal. Japan’s Responses to the March 2011 Disaster: Our Inescapable In-between uncovers the pivotal role of longstanding cultural worldviews and their impact on responses to this gut-wrenching disaster. Through un...
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    64,07 €

  • The Developing Role of Public Libraries in Emergency Management
    Emily A. Ashley / Emily AAshley / Michael Mabe
    Disasters can happen without warning and cause detrimental damage to society. By planning and conducting research beforehand, businesses can more effectively aid in relief efforts. The Developing Role of Public Libraries in Emergency Management: Emerging Research and Opportunities is an essential reference source for the latest scholarly information on library engagement in off...
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    157,23 €

  • The Ostrich Paradox
    Howard Kunreuther / Robert Meyer
    “The Ostrich Paradox boldly addresses a key question of our time: Why are we humans so poor at dealing with disastrous risks, and what can we humans do about it? It is a must-read for everyone who cares about risk.”—Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics and author of Thinking, Fast and SlowWe fail to evacuate when advised. We rebuild in flood zones. ...
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    18,12 €

  • Humanitarian aid, genocide and mass killings
    Jean-Hervé Bradol / Marc Le Pape
    Throughout the 1990s, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) was forced to face the challenges posed by the genocide of Rwandan Tutsis and a succession of major outbreaks of political violence in Rwanda and its neighbouring countries. Humanitarian workers were confronted with the execution of close to one million people, tens of thousands of casualties pouring into health centres, the ...
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    145,51 €

  • Empowered Compassion
    Billy Graff PhD
    It was considered one of the largest hurricanes to affect North American coastlines, and it was directly hitting a beloved island community: Hurricane Ike in Galveston, Texas. Devastation was widespread, and author and pastor Dr. Billy Graff felt the Lord calling him to help. What he and several disaster volunteers did to help hurricane victims encompass his new collection of r...
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    11,56 €

  • Natural Disasters in the Ottoman Empire
    Yaron Ayalon
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    43,38 €

  • Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Reconstruction of Sustainable Society
    A Mallika / B N Malleswara Rao
    Disasters are unstoppable natural and anthropogenic impacts which can be mitiged by suitable engineering and management options.Mitigation and Management of disasters requires a multi disciplinary approach and building requisite skills and capabilities adequate to deal with whole cycle of disaster management – Prevention, Mitigation, Preparedness, response, relief and rehabilit...
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    75,62 €

  • An Introduction to Emergency Exercise Design and Evaluation, Second Edition
    Robert McCreight
    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. Emergency exercises are an important component of an organization’s emergency planning and preparedness, yet few emergency managers and practitioners have training in designing or evaluating...
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    126,52 €

  • Bangladesh Confronts Climate Change
    David Hulme / Joseph Hanlon / Manoj Roy
    Severely threatened by climate change, Bangladesh is showing the world how to take an active role in adapting to this situation. Learning from its own experience in coping with floods and cyclones, Bangladesh is taking the lead in international climate change negotiations and attempting to persuade the industrialized world to curb emissions. ...
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    165,85 €

  • Bangladesh Confronts Climate Change
    David Hulme / Joseph Hanlon / Manoj Roy
    Severely threatened by climate change, Bangladesh is showing the world how to take an active role in adapting to this situation. Learning from its own experience in coping with floods and cyclones, Bangladesh is taking the lead in international climate change negotiations and attempting to persuade the industrialized world to curb emissions. ...
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    43,00 €


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