Disaster and Development

• Paperback | Engels | Environmental Hazards
• This book offers a systematic, empirical examination of the concepts of disasters and sustainable economic development applied to many cases around th... Lees meer

The Capacity Crisis in Disaster Risk Management

Asmita Tiwari

• Paperback | Engels | Environmental Hazards
• How can a place be built and managed so that it is safe for people to live? Ironically, many governments and citizens keep on asking the same question... Lees meer

Disaster Vulnerability, Hazards and Resilience

Fernando I Rivera, Naim Kapucu

• Paperback | Engels | Environmental Hazards
• This monograph provides valuable lessons in building disaster resilience for rural communities and beyond. With a focus on Florida, the authors presen... Lees meer

Coastal Hazards and Vulnerability

• Paperback | Engels | Environmental Hazards
• Our coasts provide a home and livelihoods for millions of people; many of the world's biggest cities are along coastlines. Yet these precious areas fa... Lees meer

Reducing Disaster Risks

• Hardcover | Engels | Environmental Hazards
• Are we winning or losing the battle for safe environments? In 1984, leading disaster risk management professionals and researchers met in Jamaica for ... Lees meer

Disaster Vulnerability, Hazards and Resilience

Fernando I Rivera, Naim Kapucu

• Hardcover | Engels | Environmental Hazards
• This monograph provides valuable lessons in building disaster resilience for rural communities and beyond. With a focus on Florida, the authors presen... Lees meer

Disaster Research and the Second Environmental Crisis

• Hardcover | Engels | Environmental Hazards
• The 50 th anniversary of the Disaster Research Center of the University of Delaware provoked a discussion of the field's background, its accomplishmen... Lees meer

Disaster and Development

• Hardcover | Engels | Environmental Hazards
• This book offers a systematic, empirical examination of the concepts of disasters and sustainable economic development applied to many cases around th... Lees meer

The Capacity Crisis in Disaster Risk Management

Asmita Tiwari

• Hardcover | Engels | Environmental Hazards
• How can a place be built and managed so that it is safe for people to live? Ironically, many governments and citizens keep on asking the same question... Lees meer