Disasters category: 785 books
A History of Connecticut's Deadliest Tornadoes
Catastrophe in the Constitution State
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2015
The Wallingford tornado of 1878 took less than two minutes, but it killed at the rate of one person per second. Twisters in Connecticut are incredibly rare, but they're often disastrous and sometimes deadly. The Windsor tornado of 1979 destroyed a field of aircraft that had survived World War II....
by Charlotte Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Rhode Island, the Ocean State, has more shipwrecks per square mile than any other state. The south coast and Block Island are the resting places of many shipwrecks, with many more located in Narragansett Bay. The record of shipwrecks in Rhode Island begins immediately after the arrival of Europeans...
Floods in a Megacity
Geospatial Techniques in Assessing Hazards, Risk and Vulnerability
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2013
Flooding is one of the most devastating natural hazards in the world. Available records suggest that both flood frequency and severity are on the rise and this is likely to worsen in the context of climate change. As population, infrastructure and poverty grow rapidly in developing countries, particularly...
Catastrophic Gumbo
Part Two: the International Series
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
From avalanches to volcanoes, and from the Gulf Oil Spill to bridge collapses, author Alvin JacQues explores the fascinating world of disastersboth manmade and natural. Inspired by his survival of Hurricane Katrina, chronicled in his first book Catastrophic Gumbo, JacQues delivers a compilation of...
Basic Survival
A Beginner's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Many people are beginning to become concerned by increasing natural disasters, global conflict, and political unrest and the smart ones want to do something about it. Unfortunately, increased awareness about disaster preparedness has caused an information overload. It is easy to become overwhelmed...
Hurricane Hazel
Canada's Storm of the Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2004
On October 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel battered southern Ontario, leaving in its wake a terrible toll: thousands homeless, million in property damage, and, worst of all, 81 people dead. Hazel destroyed bridges, submerged towns, and drowned unsuspecting Ontarians in their homes and cars. Raymore Drive...
DIY Survival Hacks: Be Prepared for Disaster with DIY Household Techniques to Protect Your Family
Prepper's Stockpile & Survival Guide
Language: English
Release Date: February 13, 2017
Staying Safe and Secure
Do you worry about the state of the world today? Many people do.
Who could blame them? Geopolitical strife, regime instability, natural disasters, terrorism, ever-rising food prices, and what some consider a steep moral decline are all pretty worrying things. ...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
The 16 contributions to Geographical Information Systems in Assessing Natural Hazards report on GIS investigations into landslides, floods, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and groundwater pollution hazards. Current methods for predicting extreme events are critically discussed, the emphasis being...
by
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
This is the first English-language atlas to systematically introduce the environment, hazard, vulnerability and risk mapping for 11 natural disasters, i.e. earthquake, volcano, landslide, flood, storm surge, sand-dust storm, tropical cyclone, heat wave, cold wave, drought and wildfire, and risk mapping...
Oil and Water
Media Lessons from Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2014
Along the Gulf Coast, history is often referenced as pre-Katrina or post-Katrina. However, the natural disaster that appalled the world in 2005 has been joined by another catastrophe, this one man-made--the greatest environmental and maritime accident of all time, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill....
The Disaster Survival Guide
How to Prepare For and Survive Floods, Fires, Earthquakes and More
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Floods. Wildfires. Earthquakes. Epidemics. Droughts. Landslides. Trillions of dollars in damages. Billions of people affected. Terrorist attacks. Gas explosions. Bridge collapses. Car, train, and plane crashes. These sudden and unexpected events make it feel as if chaos rules...
Governing Disaster in Urban Environments
Climate Change Preparation and Adaption after Hurricane Sandy
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
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...
The Armageddon Survival Handbook
How to Prepare Yourself for Any Possible Scenario
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2010
Growing up in Soviet-dominated Hungary, Rainer Stahlberg developed an increasing wariness of the world around him. When he was wounded in the Hungarian uprising of 1956, he resolved to never be caught unprepared again. Let him prepare you for any crisis. Here he details a step-by-step plan for surviving...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2014
The classical field dealing with earthquakes is called “earthquake engineering” and considered to be a branch of structural engineering. In projects dealing with strategies for earthquake risk mitigation, urban planning approaches are often neglected. Today interventions are needed on a city,...