Disasters & Disaster Relief

This book places Oakland's public policy response (nine major ordinances) to building damage suffered in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake in a full historical and intergovernmental context. Using a combined non-decision making and advocacy coalition...

Disasters, both natural and man-made, are on the rise. Indeed, a catastrophe of one sort or another seems always to be unfolding somewhere on the planet. We have entered into a veritable Age of Catastrophes which have grown both larger and more...

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and is freely available to read online. Crises pose an immediate risk to life, health, and the environment and require urgent action. The public's use of social media has important implications for...

Many communities in the United States have been abandoned by the state. What happens when natural disasters add to their misery? This book looks at the broken relationship between the federal government and civil society in times of crises. Mutual aid...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798223447948Author Pasindu AFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Creative2hemispheresPublisher Creative2hemispheresWeight(grams) 118g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789292704414Author Asian Development BankFormat PaperbackPage Count 42Imprint Asian Development BankPublisher Asian Development BankWeight(grams) 154g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540241979Author Vicki Berger ErwinFormat HardbackPage Count 162Imprint History Press Library EditionsPublisher History Press Library...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451625370Author Joel AchenbachFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 215mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786188129078Author George G SpanosFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Athos PressPublisher Athos PressWeight(grams) 181g

Atmospheric Violence grapples with the afterlife of environmental disasters and armed conflict and examines how people attempt to flourish despite and alongside continuing violence. Departing from conventional approaches to the study of disaster and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945662430Author Manuel LobatoFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Centro PressPublisher Centro PressWeight(grams) 152g

Although the phrase "homeland security" evokes images of cataclysmic terrorist attacks, and a massive web of government agencies, it also comprises the prevention, mitigation, response and recovery from any disaster, man-made or natural, from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781933151113Author Time O DayFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Learned and Hershal PublishingPublisher Learned and Hershal PublishingWeight(grams) 213g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733141703Author Megy DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Megan DavisPublisher Megan DavisWeight(grams) 109g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798985000627Author Aaron MoyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Integrated Skills GroupPublisher Integrated Skills GroupWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781513626376Author Mica MosbacherFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Elite Online PublishingPublisher Elite Online PublishingWeight(grams) 367g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781598242683Author Shandra LoveFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint E-Booktime, LLCPublisher E-Booktime, LLCWeight(grams) 231g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789966720559Author Augustine O AfulloFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Wamra TechnoprisesPublisher Wamra TechnoprisesWeight(grams) 200g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781610272056Author Susan SterettFormat PaperbackImprint Quid Pro LLCPublisher Quid Pro LLCWeight(grams) 363g

Edward J. Blakely has been called upon to help rebuild after some of the worst disasters in recent American history, from the San Francisco Bay Area's 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake to the September 11 attacks in New York. Yet none of these jobs compared to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596292246Author John GalluzzoFormat PaperbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 241mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467143257Author Vicki Berger ErwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 363gDimensions(mm) 226mm *...

In 2021, community college practitioners, scholars, researchers, and leaders documented the challenge of what worked, what did not work, and lessons learned during the era of the COVID-19 pandemic. This book summarizes the works of 39 authors who...

Beverly Bell, an activist and award-winning writer, has dedicated her life to working for democracy, women's rights, and economic justice in Haiti and elsewhere. Since the 7.0 magnitude earthquake of January 12, 2010, that struck the island nation,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578836560Author Brian K RandFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Brian K. RandPublisher Brian K. RandWeight(grams) 152g

Reframing the American story from the vantage point of the nation's watery edges, Jamin Wells shows that disasters have not only bedeviled the American beach--they created it. Though the American beach is now one of the most commercialized, contested,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998089027Author Dr John T OpincarFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Cultural Fire Press, LLCPublisher Cultural Fire Press, LLCWeight(grams) 386g

"Drawing on over a decade of field experiences in Latin America as well as a burgeoning literature about the psychological and social effects of war and disasters, Martin Beristain developed this volume at the interface of theory and practice as one...

What should businesses consider in preparing for terrorist attacks, natural disasters, pandemic illnesses and other emergencies? What steps can a business take to ensure continuity during and after a crisis? What can we learn from past success?This...

'Today's questions regarding foreign aid centre around aid allocation dynamics, the impact on trade and growth for receivers as well as donors, and, quite frequently, on aid effectiveness. The inter-relationship between aid and politics are also topics...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983856603Author MS Lcpc Maureen a McInnisFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint 1 Gypsy Press, PllcPublisher 1 Gypsy Press, PllcWeight(grams) 122g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780866382601Author Dr Kati CorlewFormat PaperbackImprint East-West CenterPublisher East-West CenterWeight(grams) 122g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780866382588Author Kati CorlewFormat PaperbackPage Count 26Imprint East-West CenterPublisher East-West CenterWeight(grams) 109g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780866382564Author Dr Kati CorlewFormat PaperbackImprint East-West CenterPublisher East-West CenterWeight(grams) 109g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780996755313Author Laurence HudsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Katrina Ten Years LLCPublisher Katrina Ten Years LLCWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780975520222Author Mary LeonardFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Mary LeonardPublisher Mary LeonardWeight(grams) 91gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 3mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615612355Author Nathan A JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint David JonesPublisher David JonesWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 133mm * 15mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994209153Author Bill NicolFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint NicolnotesPublisher NicolnotesWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692526682Author David CrawfordFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Oxbridge PressPublisher Oxbridge PressWeight(grams) 435gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm...

This book investigates the digital transformation of aid as a form of humanitarian extractivism. It focuses on how practices of data extraction shift power towards states, the private sector and humanitarians.Digital initiatives aimed towards ‘fixing’...