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  • INTO A RAGING SEA
    Tony Weaver
    To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the NSRI, here is a collection of daring rescues filled with drama and danger. From burning ships to shark attacks, sinking trawlers to hallucinating fishermen, these are the stories of man’s constant battle with some of the most dangerous waters on earth. But there is one story in particular that gave rise to the creation of the NSRI... On ...
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    19,82 €

  • 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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    105,57 €

  • I Have Come To Set The Earth On Fire
    John Michael Chomistek
    There are rare life events that are so titanic they become a defining moment where life’s history becomes understood as those events which happened prior to and those that then happen after that event. For my family, this defining event happened in the early morning hours of July 5, 1996 when we were terrifyingly awakened and cast out of our home by a devastating house fire. Ou...
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    9,98 €

  • The Aftermath of the 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
    Shoichiro Takezawa
    An insightful study in disaster anthropology, this book takes as its focus the fishing town of Otsuchi in Japan’s Iwate Prefecture, one of the worst damaged areas in the mammoth 2011 tsunami. Here, 1281 of the pre-tsunami population of 15000 were killed and 60% of houses destroyed. To make matters worse, the town’s administrative organs were completely obliterated, and fire rav...
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    129,01 €

  • Surviving Aberfan
    Bevan Jones / Steve Humphries / Sue Elliott
    Britain and the world were shocked in October 1966 by live television pictures coming from a small mining village in Wales. They showed a human tragedy unfolding after thousands of tons of coal waste fell from a mountainside onto its primary school and surrounding houses. The majority of the 144 people killed were children under 12. After more than 50 years the survivors of tha...
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    16,50 €

  • Triumph Over Terror
    Bob Ossler / Janice Hall Heck
    Are you searching for comfort and wondering, “Where is God?” amidst terror and turmoil?The day that changed the world—September 11, 2001—propelled America into the long war, the Global War on Terror. Like many Americans who serve our country, Chaplain Bob Ossler donned his firefighter turn-out gear, boarded a plane, and made his way to Manhattan to help in any way possible. He ...
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    11,67 €

  • Contextualizing Disaster
    Contextualizing Disaster offers a comparative analysis of six recent "highly visible" disasters and several slow-burning, "hidden," crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and climate change. The book argues that, while disasters are increasingly represented by the media as unique, exceptional, newswort...
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    184,43 €

  • Contextualizing Disaster
    Contextualizing Disaster offers a comparative analysis of six recent "highly visible" disasters and several slow-burning, "hidden," crises that include typhoons, tsunamis, earthquakes, chemical spills, and the unfolding consequences of rising seas and climate change. The book argues that, while disasters are increasingly represented by the media as unique, exceptional, newswort...
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    25,11 €

  • Ten Years after Katrina
    Hurricane Katrina blasted the Gulf Coast in 2005, leaving an unparalleled trail of physical destruction. In addition to that damage, the storm wrought massive psychological and cultural trauma on Gulf Coast residents and on America as a whole. Details of the devastation were quickly reported-and misreported-by media outlets, and a slew of articles and books followed, offering a...
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    67,95 €

  • CRISIS MANAGEMENT
    Yunus D. Saleh / Yunus DSaleh
    No matter where we work or what we do, there is no stopping the fact that, at some point in our lives, we will encounter a crisis. How an individual responsible for dealing with these types of situations reacts is ultimately the deciding factor as to whether or not they come out safely on the other side.Crisis Management: The Art of Success and Failure focuses on different type...
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    26,74 €

  • Emergency Management
    Cathy Hogan
    Disasters can disturb not only the ecological but also the economic balance of any community. It is thus important to be prepared for disasters and take up measures to mitigate its adverse effects. This comprehensive book sheds light on the methods and techniques being followed across the globe in the field of emergency management. Some significant topics covered in this text i...
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    181,23 €

  • Disaster Response and Emergency Management
    Alfred Scott
    Disaster response and emergency management have become crucial aspects of public awareness and education. Disaster management strategies play a key role in reducing the loss of lives and property due to natural hazards. The concepts included in this book are focused on some of the significant aspects of this field such as seismic measurements and analysis, modeling and evaluati...
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    189,04 €

  • Disaster Management and Environmental Planning
    Alfred Scott
    Environmental planning is a distinct field that contributes extensively in management of disasters and natural hazards. It emphasizes on a holistic approach to development with particular attention to environmental factors. On the other hand, disaster management deals with the organisation and management of resources while dealing with humanitarian aspects of emergencies. This ...
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    186,43 €

  • Disaster Management
    Alfred Scott
    Disasters cause a major loss of life and property. Both manmade and natural disasters have severe impacts on the society. The researches presented in this book revolve around the design, development and validation of new methods and tools for the detection and monitoring of natural hazards. It also discusses their impact and consequences on human life and the environment. The b...
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    186,43 €

  • Disaster Risk Reduction and Control Measures
    Rosalina Peters
    Disaster risk reduction is a relatively nascent field of study focusing on the identification and preparedness to handle disasters. This extensive book delves deep into these core areas of this discipline. It presents tools and techniques for risk assessment such as hazard analysis, etc. Also included in this book are methods for risk awareness, training to survive disasters, p...
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    175,24 €

  • Fire Safety and Management
    David Simmons
    Fire safety science includes fire dynamics, fire properties, fire detection and extinction etc. It aims to understand the human perception and behaviour in case of fire. Fire safety practices are designed for both domestic as well as industrial activities in order to protect human life and property. Material fire properties, toxic hazard analysis and smoke management are indust...
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    185,14 €

  • Emergency Preparedness
    David ACasavant / Don Philpott
    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. It helps the reader to create an organization-wide emergency management plan that ensures that all procedures are in place and all equipment and personnel need...
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    151,80 €

  • After the Flood
    A. H. Hay / AHHay
    When disaster strikes, the amount of planning done ahead of time will dictate how quickly a system can recover and return to normal. Even the largest and most complex organizations can experience upset and disruption, whether by flood, fire, power failure, earthquake, or anything else that life can throw at us. Resiliency, like any other performance measure, can be designed int...
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    55,14 €

  • After the Flood
    A. H. Hay / AHHay
    When disaster strikes, the amount of planning done ahead of time will dictate how quickly a system can recover and return to normal. Even the largest and most complex organizations can experience upset and disruption, whether by flood, fire, power failure, earthquake, or anything else that life can throw at us. Resiliency, like any other performance measure, can be designed int...
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    32,95 €

  • Class Dismissed
    Christopher Raichle / Ed.D Triantafillos Parlapanides / Marsha Dionisio
    Three Powerful Players One More Powerful Storm A Compelling True Story.... Can a veteran teacher, young principal and overwhelmed superintendent ban together to rebuild a school district? This is the riveting true story of three educational professionals and their experiences before, during and after Super Storm Sandy. A glamorous grandmother, nearing retirement after ...
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    10,91 €

  • New Perspectives in Global Environmental Disasters
    Emerald Group Publishing Limited
    New Perspectives in Global Environmental Disasters is a collection of articles that represent high levels of scholarship in emergent themes and key issues. These include the following: - Crisis management - Emergency planning - Community-based disaster management ...
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    95,72 €

  • The Death of the Big Men and the Rise of the Big Shots
    Keir Martin
    'This is a groundbreaking ethnography: brilliantly conceived, clearly written and utterly convincing.' · Pacific Affairs'...one of its great strengths is Martin’s skill in bringing different voices to life on the page as people (mainly men) stake or rebuff claims for respect or support.' · Oceania'Readers of this anthropological study will most likely be familiar with discussio...
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    44,43 €

  • When The System Fails
    Nathan Combs
    A survival book that makes sense for anyone who thinks survival preparations are necessary. Provides a step by step guide on not only how to make the preparations, but anaylizes what the most likely event to prepare for will be. Written for those with little or no survival knowledge or skills and for those on a budget, When The System Fails is a rare, straight-forward, no nonse...
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    11,61 €

  • Japan’s March 2011 Disaster and Moral Grit
    Michael C Brannigan / 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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    133,29 €

  • Handbook of Research on Disaster Management and Contingency Planning in Modern Libraries
    Emy Nelson Decker / Jennifer A Townes
    Special interest in topics relating to library management over the last decade has led to the close examination of crisis management practice among library professionals. Due to the importance of the archives, documents, and books housed within libraries around the world, preemptive planning for potential disaster is necessary to all librarians and their staff. The Handbook of ...
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    453,11 €

  • Catastrophe - A Guide to World's Worst Industrial Disasters
    Terra Pitta
    Disasters have been a menace, throughout history. Earlier, disasters were, mainly due to natural happenings and unfortunate incidents, like epidemics, droughts, earthquakes, landslides, floods, wind storms, etc. But, with the rapid development of science and technology, now, disasters have become a part of our modern life. The apparent change in the scenario is that now, beside...
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    44,93 €

  • Natural Disasters as a Catalyst for Social Capital
    Kevin F. Adler / Kevin FAdler
    Natural Disasters as a Catalyst for Social Capital examines the vastly under-explored link between natural disasters and social capital in regards to the unprecedented June 2008 flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. In-depth qualitative interviews with flood victims and key informants in Cedar Rapids reveal that a resident’s perception of social capital after a natural disaster is shape...
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    39,71 €

  • Savage Sand and Surf
    It was almost November 2012 when Hurricane Sandy, a late arrival in an otherwise quiet tropical season, slammed into the Mid-Atlantic US coastline. Millions of residents were plunged into darkness and billions of dollars in property and infrastructure were flooded or washed away in surging waters. Blizzard conditions struck the Appalachians as the hybrid Halloween monster moved...
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    48,90 €

  • Disaster Heroes
    Suzanne Bernier
    THE LATE FRED ROGERS, BELOVED AND GENTLE HOST OF PBS’ Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood for over 30 years, once said: 'When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ’Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’' Helpers and heroes shine brightest in darkness. Disaster Heroes recounts the stories of ordinary men, women, an...
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    22,47 €

  • Resilience
    Ken Jenkins
    Although flying is one of the safest modes of transportation, accidents dohappen, and when they do, the aftermath is devastating. With today’s 24-hour media access, we are bombarded by images of twisted metal, debrisand personal belongings, smoldering away in a seemingly endless nightmare.Aviation disasters are like no other. The sudden loss of life gives rise toemotions that a...
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    31,83 €


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