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Disaster Resilience : A National Imperative
Language: English
Published by National Academies Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 0309261503 ISBN 13: 9780309261500
Condition: Very Good. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Disaster Resilience : A National Imperative
Language: English
Published by National Academies Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 0309261503 ISBN 13: 9780309261500
Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Hurricane Elena, Gulf Coast : August 29-September 2, 1985
Language: English
Published by National Academies Press, 1991
ISBN 10: 0309044340 ISBN 13: 9780309044349
Condition: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.
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Earthquake,Lampton,4-6,Gateway (DISASTER! BOOK)
Language: English
Published by Millbrook Press, Brookfield, Connecticut, 1991
ISBN 10: 1562940317 ISBN 13: 9781562940317
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Scully, Pat (illustrator). This is an ex-library book with the usual markings, stamps, stickers and pockets and is in overall Good condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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Accelerating the Development and Uptake of Rapid Diagnostics to Address Antibiotic Resistance: Proceedings of a Workshop
Language: English
Published by National Academies Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 0309702402 ISBN 13: 9780309702409
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
paperback. Condition: Fine.
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Condition: NEW.
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The Way to Dusty Death
Language: English
Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1973
ISBN 10: 0385042108 ISBN 13: 9780385042109
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. ccident"- the latest in a series of disasters that has included the elimination by violence of Johnny's younger brother. The pit boss says he's doubtful that the troubles are being caused by explainable mechanical failures, the head of the team begins to (illustrator). Book Club Edition. Alistair McLean's newest thriller explodes into action with what looks like a driver's miscalculation, a consequent crash, and a powerful racing car that is transformed instantly into a blazing funeral pyre. Johnny Harlow, number one winner on the Grand Prix circuit, seems to be responsible for the "accident"-the latest in a series of disasters that has included the elimination by violence of Johnny's younger brother. The pit boss says he's doubtful that the troubles are being caused by explainable mechanical failures, the head of the team begins to believe that Johnny is losing his nerve, and jealous rivals start referring to Harlow as a has-been. But as the pressures and the tensions mount, a vicious pattern begins to emerge-and Johnny finds himself in a hair-raising race where the prize is survival and the penalty death. In this fast-paced novel of danger and suspense, one of today's master storytellers tells a tale that moves with the speed of racing motors toward a finish that only one can win.
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Library Binding. Condition: Good. some signs of wear and use; library discard, may contain stamps/stickers and protective plastic from circulation.
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Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative
Language: English
Published by National Academies Press, 2012
ISBN 10: 0309261503 ISBN 13: 9780309261500
Seller: The Oregon Room - Well described books!, Phoenix, OR, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
paperback. Condition: Very Good. VG++, trade softbound is tight & square, one interior page has creased corner & small bracket in pen, no other markings found, not a remainder.
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Public Health Risks of Disasters: Communication, Infrastructure, and Preparedness: Workshop Summary
Language: English
Published by National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 2005
ISBN 10: 0309095425 ISBN 13: 9780309095426
Trade paperback. Condition: Fine. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. No previous owner's name. Clean, tight pages. No bent corners. LOOKS BRAND NEW! SC 240.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. THE SCRIPT! Acting Edition. Some shelf wear and edge wear to the covers. Good binding. Plenty of clean clear text. Enjoy this useful ACTING EDITION SCRIPT worthwhile for your performance needs.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 160 pages. Noam Chomsky "Power in the Global Arena" / Chin-tao Wu "Embracing the Enterprise Culture: Art Insitutions since the 1980s" / Gregor McLennan "Fin de Sociologie? The Dilemmas of Multidimensional Social Theory" / Susan Strange" The New World of Debt" / Ann Pettifor" The Economic Bondage of Debt - and the Birth of a New Movement" / David Edgerton "Tony Blair ' Warfare State" / Alex de Waal "US War Crimes in Somalia" / Tom Nairn "Reflections on Nationalist Disasters" Michael Rogin "Spielberg s List" (U.P.).
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Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters: The Perspective from the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi: Summary of a Workshop
Language: English
Published by National Academies Press, 2011
ISBN 10: 0309215277 ISBN 13: 9780309215275
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
paperback. Condition: Fine.
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Condition: Good.
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Disaster by Choice: How our actions turn natural hazards into catastrophes
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, United Kingdom, Oxford, 2022
ISBN 10: 0198841353 ISBN 13: 9780198841357
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. An earthquake shatters Haiti and a hurricane slices through Texas. We hear that nature runs rampant, seeking to destroy us through these 'natural disasters'. Science recounts a different story, however: disasters are not the consequence of natural causes; they are the consequence of human choices and decisions. We put ourselves in harm's way; we fail to take measures which we know would prevent disasters, no matter what the environment does. This can be both hard to accept, and hard to unravel. A complex of factors shape disasters. They arise from the political processes dictating where and what we build, and from social circumstances which create and perpetuate poverty and discrimination. They develop from the social preference to blame nature for the damage wrought, when in fact events such as earthquakes and storms are entirely commonplace environmental processes. We feel the need to fight natural forces, to reclaim what we assume is ours, and to protect ourselves from what we perceive to be wrath from outside our communities. This attitude distracts us from the real causes of disasters: humanity's decisions, as societies and as individuals. It stops us accepting the real solutions to disasters: making better decisions. This book explores stories of some of our worst disasters to show how we can and should act to stop people dying when nature unleashes its energies. The disaster is not the tornado, the volcanic eruption, or climate change, but the deaths and injuries, the loss of irreplaceable property, and the lack and even denial of support to affected people, so that a short-term interruption becomes a long-term recovery nightmare. But we can combat this, as Kelman shows, describing inspiring examples of effective human action that limits damage, such as managing flooding in Toronto and villages in Bangladesh, or wildfires in Colorado. Throughout, his message is clear: there is no such thing as a natural disaster. The disaster lies in our inability to deal with the environment and with ourselves. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 96 pages. R Prawer Jhabvala "Picnic With Moonlight & Mangoes (story) / Francois Bondy "Man & Ideas Frantz Fanon" / Charles Frankel "The Plight Of The Humanist Intellectual" / Richard Hough "Royal Disasters".
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On Risk And Disaster : Lessons from Hurricane Katrina
Language: English
Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0812219597 ISBN 13: 9780812219593
Condition: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.
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Condition: New.
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Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Disasters: The Journal of Disaster studies, Policy and Management Volume 21 Number 1 March 1997 / Barbara Hendrie "Knowledge and Power: A Critique of an International Relief Operation" / Gary Shook "An Assessment of Disaster Risk and its Management in Thailand" / Ana C Garner and W A Kelly Huff "The Wreck of Amtrak's Sunset Limited: News Coverage of a Mass Transport Disaster" / E L Quarantelli "Ten Criteria for Evaluating the Management of Community Disasters"
Published by Blackwell / Overseas Development Institute, 1997
Magazine / Periodical
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 93 pages. Barbara Hendrie "Knowledge and Power: A Critique of an International Relief Operation" / Gary Shook "An Assessment of Disaster Risk and its Management in Thailand" / Ana C Garner and W A Kelly Huff "The Wreck of Amtrak's Sunset Limited: News Coverage of a Mass Transport Disaster" / E L Quarantelli "Ten Criteria for Evaluating the Management of Community Disasters" (SL#114).
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Compounding Disasters in Gulf Coast Communities 2020-2021: Impacts, Findings, and Lessons Learned
Language: English
Published by National Academies Press, 2024
ISBN 10: 0309707161 ISBN 13: 9780309707169
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
paperback. Condition: Very Good.
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The March 5, 1987 Ecuador Earthquake - Mass Wasting and Socioeconomic Effects
Language: English
Published by National Academies Press, 1991
ISBN 10: 0309044448 ISBN 13: 9780309044448
Condition: New. This is a Brand-new US Edition. This Item may be shipped from US or any other country as we have multiple locations worldwide.
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Compounding Disasters in Gulf Coast Communities 2020-2021
Language: English
Published by National Academies Press, 2024
ISBN 10: 0309707161 ISBN 13: 9780309707169
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Paperback. Condition: Good. 544 pages. cover worn & creased, bumped,
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Compounding Disasters in Gulf Coast Communities 2020-2021
Language: English
Published by National Academies Press, 2024
ISBN 10: 0309707161 ISBN 13: 9780309707169
Seller: PBShop.store UK, Fairford, GLOS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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Saragosa, Texas, Tornado May 22, 1987: An Evaluation of the Warning System (Natural Disaster Studies)
Language: English
Published by National Academies Press, 1991
ISBN 10: 0309044359 ISBN 13: 9780309044356
paperback. Condition: Very Good. National Academies Press 1991 Fine/Like new and unread condition clean tight and bright, cover is like new.
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Compounding Disasters in Gulf Coast Communities 2020-2021
Language: English
Published by National Academies Press, US, 2024
ISBN 10: 0309707161 ISBN 13: 9780309707169
Paperback. Condition: New. Experiencing a single disaster - a hurricane, tornado, flood, severe winter storm, or a global pandemic - can wreak havoc on the lives and livelihoods of individuals, families, communities and entire regions. For many people who live in communities in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico region, the reality of disaster is starker. Endemic socioeconomic and health disparities have made many living in Gulf of Mexico communities particularly vulnerable to the effects of weather-climate hazards. Prolonged disaster recovery and increasing disaster risk is an enduring reality for many living in Gulf of Mexico communities. Between 2020 and 2021, seven major hurricanes and a severe winter storm affected communities across the region. As a backdrop to these acute weather events, the global COVID-19 pandemic was unfolding, producing a complex and unprecedented public health and socioeconomic crisis.Traditionally, the impacts of disasters are quantified individually and often in economic terms of property damage and loss. In this case, each of these major events occurring in the Gulf of Mexico during this time period subsequently earned the moniker of "billion-dollar" disaster. However, this characterization does not reflect the non-financial human toll and disparate effects caused by multiple disruptive events that increase underlying physical and social vulnerabilities, reduce adaptive capacities and ultimately make communities more sensitive to the effects of future disruptive events. This report explores the interconnections, impacts, and lessons learned of compounding disasters that impair resilience, response, and recovery efforts. While Compounding Disasters in Gulf Coast Communities, 2020-2021 focuses on the Gulf of Mexico region, its findings apply to any region that has similar vulnerabilities and that is frequently at risk for disasters.
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Condition: New.
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Exploring Medical and Public Health Preparedness for a Nuclear Incident: Proceedings of a Workshop
Language: English
Published by National Academies Press (edition Illustrated), 2019
ISBN 10: 0309489148 ISBN 13: 9780309489140
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Illustrated. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.
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Compounding Disasters in Gulf Coast Communities 2020-2021: Impacts, Findings, and Lessons Learned
Language: English
Published by National Academies Press, 2024
ISBN 10: 0309707161 ISBN 13: 9780309707169
Condition: New.
