As part of its redesign, the Emergency Management Institute is rethinking how it secures qualified, effective instructor......more

This book explores policies, structures, and processes of disaster management in India examining key theoretical foundat......more

Wall Street and Easter Island come crashing together in this epic and cautionary story of two lost civilizations: one pe......more

Living On centers around the unprecedented mobilization of mental health professionals in the wake of a massive earthqua......more

How explosions across history reveal the violence embedded in San Francisco’s landscape Offering a novel approach to con......more

How explosions across history reveal the violence embedded in San Francisco’s landscape Offering a novel approach to con......more

Updated to include the latest research in the hazards and disasters field, U.S. Emergency Management in the 21st Century......more

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Our understanding of hazards and disasters is rapidly changing, and it is unclear as to whether our existing management ......more

"The Plague of Athens" offers a chilling firsthand account of one of history’s most devastating epidemics. Originally do......more

"The Highland Glen: Plenty and Famine" by Matilda Wrench offers a compelling look at 19th-century social history in the ......more

"Sicily in Shadow and in Sun" transports readers to early 20th-century Italy, offering a compelling glimpse into a land ......more

"An Essay on the Preservation of Shipwrecked Mariners," by A. Fothergill, explores the critical topic of maritime safety......more

This publication looks at strategies to assess and strengthen disaster and pandemic risk financing in Asia and the Pacif......more

Delve into the daring world of firefighting with F. M. Holmes’s "Firemen and their Exploits." This meticulously prepared......more

"Catastrophe and Social Change: Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster" by Samuel Henry Prince offers a......more

"In Time Of Emergency: A Citizen’s Handbook On Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters, 1968" prepared by the Department of De......more

"In Time Of Emergency: A Citizen’s Handbook On Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters, 1968" prepared by the Department of De......more

Geohazards and Disasters: Modelling Scenarios as a Challenge for the Future aims to depict an updated view of the most s......more

Five Days at Memorial meets Into the Raging Sea in this "vivid snapshot of a broken asylum system" (Kirkus Reviews)--the......more

Five Days at Memorial meets Into the Raging Sea in this "vivid snapshot of a broken asylum system" (Kirkus Reviews)--the......more

Schuylkill County is no stranger to disaster. Schuylkill County is no stranger to disaster. Protected by volunteers sinc......more

This Handbook provides a state-of-the-science review of research and practice in the human dimensions of hazards field. ......more

This book investigates how organizations around the world responded to the consequences of COVID-19 on young children al......more

Named a Best Book of the Year by USA TODAY and NPR’s Science Friday Part memoir, part expert analysis, Disasterology is ......more

Good development could - and should - be the driving force for averting disasters by reducing vulnerability. But convers......more

The authors examined whether the basis for a durable peace between Israelis and Palestinians might yet be found and crea......more

Drawing on decades of on-the-ground experience, a strong body of existing research on the social construction of risk, a......more

"Multidisciplinary in its methodology and provocative in its argumentation, this book demonstrates that human communitie......more

America is getting serious about combatting the causes of the climate crisis, adapting to a climate-altered world and bu......more

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Have you ever been curious about the inner workings of U.S. foreign aid programs? This book provides an in-depth examina......more

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Imagine a future where California is engulfed in flames, not just for a season, but as a new and terrifying reality. "In......more

The environment of western Rajasthan is harsh and rainfall is very unreliable. The rural people depend on an agro-pastor......more

The story of the Mogadishu rescue is one of extraordinary courage, resilience, and the unwavering strength of a communit......more

The story of the Mogadishu rescue is one of extraordinary courage, resilience, and the unwavering strength of a communit......more

From COVID to climate-change-induced wildfires and hurricanes, we live in an era when catastrophes have become the new n......more

Disaster management is a comprehensive approach involving planning, preparation, mitigation, response, and recovery to a......more

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This book spells out a new framework for humanitarian aid in the long emergency of climate change. Looking ahead to the ......more

This handbook addresses the diversity and complexity of social work practice in the context of disasters. Drawing on int......more

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This book introduces readers to the development, principles, and philosophy of humanitarian diplomacy, before demonstrat......more

This book focuses on centrifugal disasters that impact a group of seemingly unconnected people congregated temporarily o......more

In Famine (1981), a collection of essays by experts from the developing world and advanced agricultural societies, the a......more

Unlock the power of energy independence with Mastering Off-Grid Power Systems. This comprehensive guide dives into build......more

NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS Catastrophe And Social Change: Base......more

In an era of escalating conflict-induced and climate-induced migration and cross-border interaction, transnational-compe......more

As the concept of community resilience moves from the margins of practice and theoretical research to more mainstream sc......more

The authors apply the Women, Peace, and Security framework to a fictional scenario of a Category 5 hurricane disaster re......more

The year 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami. On 26 December 2004, a major earthq......more

In Disaster Memorials and Monuments: History, Context and Practice from around the World, disaster management expert Kje......more

In Disaster Memorials and Monuments: History, Context and Practice from around the World, disaster management expert Kje......more

This book considers how basic income could be used as a mechanism for disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptat......more

The participation of the public sector in assessing the social impact of a wide range of projects is the focus of this g......more

WINNER OF THE TENNESSEE BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION - A NEW YORKER BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR - A riveting courtroom drama abou......more

This introductory volume comprises the principles and crosscutting measures that are likely relevant to any post-disaste......more

Volume 3 provides an overview of good practice solutions, considerations, and lessons learned for building back better i......more

Volume 4 provides an overview of good practice solutions, considerations, and lessons learned for building back better i......more

Volume 5 provides an overview of good practice solutions, considerations, and lessons learned for building back better i......more

Are we winning or losing the battle for safe environments? In 1984, leading disaster risk management professionals and r......more

This book draws globally recognized human rights scholars and practitioners into dialogue over costs and consequences of......more

This book focuses on the 3.11 disaster in Japan, involving a powerful earthquake and tsunami, from an anthropological pe......more

This book provides a first-of-its-kind approach for managers and policy-makers as well as researchers interested in usin......more

This book is a narrative non-fiction, based on the patchy epistemologies of traditional small-scale fishers in India and......more

A cross between Sheri Fink’s Five Days at Memorial and Rachel Slade’s Into the Raging Sea, the gripping and harrowing tr......more