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Natural disasters
Hardback. * Natural disasters regularly reach a high degree of prominence in the media, but we rarely see the political aspects of the ways that disasters are managed and dealt with. * This book offers a comprehensive survey of the political history of disaster management, from World War I onwards. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC; JPS; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745650685
- ISBN
- 9780745650685
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Hardback. Editor(s): Carr, Johnathan. Num Pages: 146 pages. BIC Classification: RNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 165 x 243 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634846455
- ISBN
- 9781634846455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.80€ 151.19
€ 200.80
€ 151.19
Hardback. How do urban communities in Asian cities experience the impacts of urbanisation and climate change? This key issue forms the discussion point for this book. Particular reference is made to cities in India, and the capability of such urban communities of responding to climate-related disasters. Editor(s): Joerin, Jonas; Shaw, Rajib; Krishnamurthy, R. R. Series: Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1F; JFSG; RNR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783509058
- ISBN
- 9781783509058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.81
€ 135.81
Hardcover. Uncertainties are pervasive in natural hazards, and it is crucial to develop robust and meaningful approaches to characterize and communicate uncertainties to inform modeling efforts. In this monograph we provide a broad, cross-disciplinary overview of issues relating to uncertainties faced in natural hazard and risk assessment. Editor(s): Riley, Karin; Webley, Peter; Thompson, Matthew. Series: Geophysical Monograph Series. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: RB; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 283 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1130.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119027867
- ISBN
- 9781119027867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.01
€ 170.01
Hardcover. Editor(s): Linwood, Karina. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 261 x 17. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634633093
- ISBN
- 9781634633093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 289.91€ 197.46
€ 289.91
€ 197.46
Hardcover. Num Pages: 430 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 188 x 29. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608761531
- ISBN
- 9781608761531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 171.09€ 117.83
€ 171.09
€ 117.83
Hardback. This book analyzes the immediate and prolonged effects of major storms and catastrophic events on humans. Topics include how families make meaning out of disaster, disaster recovery in the workplace, and recovery services for the frail and elderly. Editor(s): Cherry, Katie E. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFFC; MMJ; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441903921
- ISBN
- 9781441903921
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.93
€ 73.93
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415663472
- ISBN
- 9780415663472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.21
€ 59.21
Hardcover. In developed countries, the pervasive view of floods is that science and technology have largely brought these unpredictable disasters under safe control. This book shows that this is simply not so, and that floods are anything but controlled. Num Pages: 394 pages, references, tables. BIC Classification: JFFC; RNR; TQS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 184 x 28. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471952480
- ISBN
- 9780471952480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 269.40
€ 269.40
Paperback. Editor(s): Reardon, Ken; Forester, John. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFC1; JKSN1; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781439911006
- ISBN
- 9781439911006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. In 2011, despite continued developments in forecasting, tracking, and warning technology, the United States was hit by the deadliest tornado season in decades. This title examines the factors that contributed to the outcomes of such tornadoes as the mid-April outbreak that devastated communities in North Carolina. Num Pages: 102 pages, 10 tables, 10 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; RBP; RNR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- American Meteorological Society United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781878220257
- ISBN
- 9781878220257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.32
€ 25.99
€ 21.32
Hardcover. This detailed analysis of flash floods examines forecasting and monitoring techniques, rainfall-runoff and river modelling, approaches to issuing flood warnings, and some of the societal and behavioural aspects of providing an effective emergency response. Num Pages: 386 pages, 43 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: RBK; RBP; RNPG; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 243 x 21. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400751637
- ISBN
- 9789400751637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 230.20
€ 230.20
Paperback. In exploring the worldwide political and environmental aftermath of the Bhopal disaster in 1984, this text discusses various differing claims by focusing on the dynamics and paradoxes of advocacy in competing power domains. Num Pages: 436 pages, 34 halftones. BIC Classification: LASD; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 436
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226257204
- ISBN
- 9780226257204
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hagihara, Kiyoko; Asahi, Chisato. Num Pages: 362 pages, 44 black & white illustrations, 79 colour illustrations, 72 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: JFFC; KCN; KCP; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 248 x 25. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431551683
- ISBN
- 9784431551683
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.71
€ 68.71
Hardcover. Risk - A Multidisciplinary Introduction Editor(s): Kluppelberg, Claudia; Straub, Daniel; Welpe, Isabell M. Num Pages: 476 pages, 58 black & white illustrations, 42 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBT; RNPG; RNR; TGPR; UYZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 889.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer
- Edition
- 2014th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319044859
- ISBN
- 9783319044859
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.50
€ 69.50
Natural Disasters as Interactive Components of Global-ecodynamics
Kondratyev, Kirill Ya; Krapivin, Vladimir F.;...
Hardback. Large-scale natural catastrophes are environmental phenomena. This book analyses the problem of natural disaster prediction and the implementation of environmental monitoring systems to receive, store and process the information necessary for solutions of specific problems in this area. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Environmental Sciences. Num Pages: 616 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNPG; RNR; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1280.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540313441
- ISBN
- 9783540313441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 254.77
€ 254.77
Natural Disasters as Interactive Components of Global-Ecodynamics
Kondratyev, Kirill Ya; Krapivin, Vladimir F.;...
Paperback. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Environmental Sciences. Num Pages: 616 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RNPG; RNR; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1045.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642068447
- ISBN
- 9783642068447
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 253.37
€ 253.37
Hardcover. Editor(s): Reed, Kristin O. Num Pages: 230 pages, tables, graphs. BIC Classification: JKSR; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781617618833
- ISBN
- 9781617618833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 221.00€ 151.27
€ 221.00
€ 151.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages, 13 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KNBT; PHD; RBP; RNR; THRD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2006
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642065088
- ISBN
- 9783642065088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 138.85
€ 138.85
Hardcover. A comprehensive exploration of the effects of fires - in forests and other environments-on soils, watersheds, vegetation, air and cultural resources. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: RBGB; RNC; RNF; RNR; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471163565
- ISBN
- 9780471163565
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 342.02
€ 342.02