Disasters & Disaster Relief

When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the world reacted with shock on seeing residents of this distinctive city left abandoned to the floodwaters. After the last rescue was completed, a new worry arose-that New Orleans's unique historic fabric sat...

The frequency and intensity of natural disasters-such as wildfires, hurricanes, floods, and storms-is on the rise, threatening our way of life and our livelihoods. Managing this growing risk will be central to economic and social progress in the coming...

Learn the essential skills of psychological first aid from the experts-the creators of the Johns Hopkins RAPID PFA method.Psychological first aid, or PFA, is designed to mitigate the effects of acute stress and trauma and assist those in crisis to cope...

An optimistic vision of the future after Covid-19 by a leading professor of globalisation at the University of Oxford.Covid-19 left us at a crossroads: should we go back to 'normal', or use the lessons learned during the pandemic to shape a new...

On 19 July 1989, while United Airlines flight 232 wallowed drunkenly northwest of the airport at Sioux City, Iowa, hundreds of fire and rescue workers waited. The plane slammed onto the runway, broke into pieces and burst into a fireball. The rescue...

This is an indispensable career guide for everyone wanting to work in or already working in the international development and humanitarian emergencies sector. It provides a general introduction and insight into the sector, for those exploring it as a...

Hazel Forsyth delvesin to never-before-studied primary sources to shed light on thedramatic aftermath of the disaster and reveal the very personalstories of the people who pieced their lives together in its wake. Bydocumenting the tradesmen, from...

NGOs set out to save lives, relieve suffering, and service basic human needs. They are committed to serving people across national borders and without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, or religion, and they offer crucial help during earthquakes,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612432199Author Jim CobbFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Ulysses PressPublisher Ulysses PressWeight(grams) 330g

On April 26, 1986, Unit Four of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in then Soviet Ukraine. More than 3.5 million people in Ukraine alone, not to mention many citizens of surrounding countries, are still suffering the effects. Life Exposed is the...

The ongoing COVID-19 disaster and the universal realization of the inevitability of even worse pandemics in the future has resulted in a wealth of books, scientific papers, and journalistic analyses of the politics, medicine, and human suffering. The...

Introduction to International Disaster Management, Fourth Edition, offers an unbiased, global perspective for students and practitioners alike. It provides a comprehensive understanding of the disaster management profession, covering the varied sources...

Charles Perrow is famous worldwide for his ideas about normal accidents, the notion that multiple and unexpected failures--catastrophes waiting to happen--are built into our society's complex systems. In The Next Catastrophe, he offers crucial insights...

For months in early 1980, scientists, journalists and ordinary people listened anxiously to rumblings in the long quiescent volcano Mount St. Helens. Still, when a massive explosion took the top off the mountain, no one was prepared. Fifty-seven people...

In The Need to Help Liisa H. Malkki shifts the focus of the study of humanitarian intervention from aid recipients to aid workers themselves. The anthropological commitment to understand the motivations and desires of these professionals and how they...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781544534152Author Edward L ConleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Lioncrest PublishingPublisher Lioncrest PublishingWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143116042Author Philip PlaitFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint The Penguin PressPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 278gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

In times of crisis, when institutions of power are laid bare, people turn to one another. Pandemic Solidarity collects firsthand experiences from around the world of people creating their own narratives of solidarity and mutual aid in the time of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781802272062Author Scott MacaulayFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Scott C. MacaulayPublisher Scott C. MacaulayWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780425189887Author Richard PicciottoFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)...

Today international development policy is converging around ideas of neoliberal reform, democratisation and poverty reduction. What does this mean for the local and international dimensions of aid relationships? The Aid Effect demonstrates the...

The Asia-Pacific Disaster Report 2023 presents the latest science-based, evidence-led research on hazard risks and their current and projected economic, social and environmental impacts under a 1.5 and 2oC warming scenario. Based on the latest RiskScape,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788126120017Author P. C. SinhaFormat HardbackPage Count 3330Imprint Anmol Publications Pvt LtdPublisher Anmol Publications Pvt LtdDimensions(mm) 411mm *...

This vital new resource demonstrates the tools and techniques necessary to safely and successfully carry out a trench rescue operation. Chapters include assessment, hazard control, support operations, emergency care, disentanglement, removal and...

In the Shadow of Tungurahua relates the stories of the people of Penipe, Ecuador living in and between several villages around the volcano Tungurahua and two resettlement communities built for people displaced by government operations following volcanic...

From COVID to climate-change-induced wildfires and hurricanes, we live in an era when catastrophes have become the new normal. But even though these events affect us all, some members of society are more vulnerable to harm than others. This essay...

Dealing with the risks of climate change and disaster is a political process. It produces winners and losers, mobility and permanence, radical change and continuity, relief and suffering. For some, it ultimately leads to life or death. Yet consultants,...

Dealing with the risks of climate change and disaster is a political process. It produces winners and losers, mobility and permanence, radical change and continuity, relief and suffering. For some, it ultimately leads to life or death. Yet consultants,...

While humanitarians generally present themselves as 'do-gooders' and use this image to gather support and funding, this edited volume addresses hierarchies and exclusions in humanitarianism - an issue that has gained increased attention. Contributions...

Moving beyond assessment: A practical guide for beginning helping professionals, 2nd ed. is designed to help new clinicians, from social work, psychology, counseling, nursing, and other related disciplines navigate the early stages of working with...

Drawing on decades of on-the-ground experience, a strong body of existing research on the social construction of risk, and his own academic research, Terry Gibson demonstrates the transformative potential of current debates around de- and re-growth for...

Disasters are the result of complex interactions between social and natural forces, acting at multiple scales from the individual and community to the organisational, national and international level. Effective disaster planning, response and recovery...

Sociology has developed theories of social change in the fields of evolution, conflict and modernization, viewing modern society as essentially unstable and conflict driven. However, it has not seriously studied catastrophe. A Theory of Catastrophe...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780815749547Author David A. KornFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Brookings InstitutionPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams) 545g

This book introduces readers to the development, principles, and philosophy of humanitarian diplomacy, before demonstrating how it works in practice, using a range of case studies from humanitarian work in the field.Humanitarian diplomacy seeks to create...

Foot by foot Titanic's lifeboat No.11 slowly jerked its way down the sides of the great ocean liner as it slipped beneath the cold, dark waters of the Atlantic. For the fifty or so men, women and children crammed into the lifeboat, survival was all that...

A sense of urgency about the global water crisis has entered the political and corporate discourse, and in humanity's quest to solve it, we are all called to rise to the challenge. However, solutions are hard to come by where causes are not clearly...

Drawing on the Pakistan Earthquake Reconstruction and Recovery Project (PERRP), this volume explores the sociocultural side of post-disaster infrastructure reconstruction. As the latter is often fraught with delays and even abandonment—one cause being...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682865248Author Harry JonesFormat HardbackPage Count 233Imprint Syrawood Publishing HousePublisher Syrawood Publishing HouseWeight(grams) 830g

Hurricane Katrina blasted the Gulf Coast in 2005, leaving an unparalleled trail of physical destruction. In addition to that damage, the storm wrought massive psychological and cultural trauma on Gulf Coast residents and on America as a whole. Details of...