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Principles of Emergency Planning and Management
David Alexander
Paperback - $145.95
Principles of Emergency Planning and Management is written as a result of intensified governmental interest in disaster preparedness and would be of value to emergency planners and managers. This volume provides readers with insight into effective pr ...
Natural Disaster Hotspots Case Studies
Margaret Arnold
Paperback - $39.95
These case studies complement the earlier groundbreaking work of
Food Aid After Fifty Years : Recasting Its Role
Christopher B. Barrett
Paperback - $114.95
The 1954 Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act, effectively began the modern era of food aid. Over the past fifty years the lives of hundreds of millions of people worldwide have been improved. Despite this it remains one of the most misu ...
The Sociology of Katrina : Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe
David L. Brunsma
Hardcover - $174.95
This book brings together the nation's top sociological researchers in an effort to catalogue the modern catastrophe that is Hurricane Katrina. The chapters in this volume discuss sociological perspectives of disaster literature, provide alternative ...
The Sociology of Katrina : Perspectives on a Modern Catastrophe
David L. Brunsma
Paperback - $62.95
This book brings together the nation's top sociological researchers in an effort to catalogue the modern catastrophe that is Hurricane Katrina. The chapters in this volume discuss sociological perspectives of disaster literature, provide alternative ...
Mission Improbable : Using Fantasy Documents to Tame Disaster
Lee Clarke
Paperback - $42.95
An airplane is hijacked by terrorists, an explosion is imminent at Three Mile Island, the president has been shot. How do governments and corporations deal with these sorts of catastrophes? In this provocative book, Lee Clarke examines how institutio ...
Worst Cases : Terror and Catastrophe in the Popular Imagination
Lee Clarke
Hardcover - $34.95
Al Qaeda detonates a nuclear weapon in Times Square during rush hour, wiping out half of Manhattan and killing 500,000 people. A virulent strain of bird flu jumps to humans in Thailand, sweeps across Asia, and claims more than fifty million lives. A ...
Katrina : CNN Reports
CNN News
Paperback - $30.95
This book is chronological account of their coverage, both in selections of text of their transcripts, along with photos, that documents the uncovering of this compex story. Including studies done in the past predicting just such a tragedy, the path ...
Cash-Transfer Program Emergencies
Pantaleo Creti
Paperback - $26.95
In emergencies, distributing cash can often meet people's immediate needs more quickly and appropriately than the direct distribution of commodities such as food aid. Cash gives people choices and thereby preserves their dignity. Commodity distributi ...