Climate Change, Extreme Events and Disaster Risk Reduction: Towards Sustainable Development Goals: 2017
Mal Suraj, R.B. Singh and Christian Huggel
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This book discusses the science, causes, impacts and risk reduction strategies for climate change...
Planning for Community-Based Disaster Resilience Worldwide: Learning from Case Studies in Six Continents
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We are witnessing an ever-increasing level and intensity of disasters from Ecuador to Ethiopia and...
Richard Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America, The Pill versus the Springhill Mine Disaster, and In Watermelon Sugar
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The author blends his own emotional experiences with views on American life and customs in bizarre...
Man-Made Catastrophes and Risk Information Concealment: Case Studies of Major Disasters and Human Fallibility: 2016
Didier Sornette and Dmitry Chernov
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This book discusses the risks of information concealment in the context of major natural or...
Coping with Regional Vulnerability: Preventing and Mitigating Damages from Environmental Disasters: 2016
Kiyoko Hagihara and Chisato Asahi
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Whether a natural event turns into a disaster depends on the severity of the hazard as well as the...
