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Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book The Budget in Brief written by and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David E. Alexander
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
ISBN 13 : 1780465297
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (84 download)
Download or read book Principles of Emergency Planning and Management written by David E. Alexander and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Alexander provides a concise yet comprehensive and systematic primer on how to prepare for a disaster. The book introduces the methods, procedures, protocols and strategies of emergency planning.
Author : Janet N. Abramovitz
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Unnatural Disasters written by Janet N. Abramovitz and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author lays out detailed recommendations for changing the way we manage disasters and ourselves. To the extent possible, people and structures should be located out of harm's way. When hazards are unavoidable, buildings should be made to withstand them. The author believes healthy ecosystems should be maintained or restored to provide natural disaster protection.
Author : Jay Barnes
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469600218
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)
Download or read book Florida's Hurricane History written by Jay Barnes and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sunshine State has an exceptionally stormy past. Vulnerable to storms that arise in the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico, Florida has been hit by far more hurricanes than any other state. In many ways, hurricanes have helped shape Florida's history. Early efforts by the French, Spanish, and English to claim the territory as their own were often thwarted by hurricanes. More recently, storms have affected such massive projects as Henry Flagler's Overseas Railroad and efforts to manage water in South Florida. In this book, Jay Barnes offers a fascinating and informative look at Florida's hurricane history. Drawing on meteorological research, news reports, first-person accounts, maps, and historical photographs, he traces all of the notable hurricanes that have affected the state over the last four-and-a-half centuries, from the great storms of the early colonial period to the devastating hurricanes of 2004 and 2005--Charley, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne, Dennis, Katrina, and Wilma. In addition to providing a comprehensive chronology of more than one hundred individual storms, Florida's Hurricane History includes information on the basics of hurricane dynamics, formation, naming, and forecasting. It explores the origins of the U.S. Weather Bureau and government efforts to study and track hurricanes in Florida, home of the National Hurricane Center. But the book does more than examine how hurricanes have shaped Florida's past; it also looks toward the future, discussing the serious threat that hurricanes continue to pose to both lives and property in the state. Filled with more than 200 photographs and maps, the book also features a foreword by Steve Lyons, tropical weather expert for the Weather Channel. It will serve as both an essential reference on hurricanes in Florida and a remarkable source of the stories--of tragedy and destruction, rescue and survival--that foster our fascination with these powerful storms.
Author : William Atkinson
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809313204
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (132 download)
Download or read book The Next New Madrid Earthquake written by William Atkinson and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientists who specialize in the study of Mississippi Valley earthquakes say that the region is overdue for a powerful tremor that will cause major damage and undoubtedly some casualties. The inevitability of a future quake and the lack of preparation by both individuals and communities provided the impetus for this book. Atkinson brings together applicable information from many disciplines: history, geology and seismology, engineering, zoology, politics and community planning, economics, environmental science, sociology, and psychology and mental health to provide the most comprehensive perspective to date of the myriad impacts of a major earthquake on the Mississippi Valley. Atkinson addresses such basic questions as "What, actually, are earthquakes? How do they occur? Where are they likely to occur? Can they be predicted, perhaps even prevented?" He also addresses those steps that individuals can take to improve their chances for survival both during and after an earthquake.
Author : Gary Amdahl
Publisher : Esri Press
ISBN 13 : 9781879102880
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Disaster Response written by Gary Amdahl and published by Esri Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From deciding where to build new fire stations and in which stations to keep ladder trucks, to monitoring disasters as they happen, in real time, with only a PC and an Internet connection, from mapping wildfires tens of thousands of acres in size with GPS equipment and a helicopter, to picking up the pieces after a major earthquake, GIS is making emergency management a faster and more accurate means of helping people cope.
Author : Lewis Aptekar
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Environmental Disasters in Global Perspective written by Lewis Aptekar and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1994 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Reducing Earthquake Losses written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David E. Alexander
Publisher : Terra Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781903544013
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (44 download)
Download or read book Confronting Catastrophe written by David E. Alexander and published by Terra Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey and analysis of natural disasters - volcanoes, floods, landslides, hurricanes, etc.-in terms of new concepts and approaches.
Author : Wallace E. Akin
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ISBN 13 : 9781592283125
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (831 download)
Download or read book The Forgotten Storm written by Wallace E. Akin and published by . This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gripping account of the most deadly tornado ever to hit the U.S.--695 people killed in its 219-mile path of destruction--including first person accounts, newspaper stories, and the author's own climate science expertise.
Author : Eugenie L. Birch
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812204484
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Rebuilding Urban Places After Disaster written by Eugenie L. Birch and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-01-09 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disasters—natural ones, such as hurricanes, floods, or earthquakes, and unnatural ones such as terrorist attacks—are part of the American experience in the twenty-first century. The challenges of preparing for these events, withstanding their impact, and rebuilding communities afterward require strategic responses from different levels of government in partnership with the private sector and in accordance with the public will. Disasters have a disproportionate effect on urban places. Dense by definition, cities and their environs suffer great damage to their complex, interdependent social, environmental, and economic systems. Social and medical services collapse. Long-standing problems in educational access and quality become especially acute. Local economies cease to function. Cultural resources disappear. The plight of New Orleans and several smaller Gulf Coast cities exemplifies this phenomenon. This volume examines the rebuilding of cities and their environs after a disaster and focuses on four major issues: making cities less vulnerable to disaster, reestablishing economic viability, responding to the permanent needs of the displaced, and recreating a sense of place. Success in these areas requires that priorities be set cooperatively, and this goal poses significant challenges for rebuilding efforts in a democratic, market-based society. Who sets priorities and how? Can participatory decision-making be organized under conditions requiring focused, strategic choices? How do issues of race and class intersect with these priorities? Should the purpose of rebuilding be restoration or reformation? Contributors address these and other questions related to environmental conditions, economic imperatives, social welfare concerns, and issues of planning and design in light of the lessons to be drawn from Hurricane Katrina.
Author : Michael Scheuer
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Through Our Enemies' Eyes written by Michael Scheuer and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This seminal work on modern terrorism assesses the changes and continuities in Osama bin Laden's thinking since 2002. In order to win the war against terrorism, argues Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA's bin Laden Unit, we must first stop dismissing militant Muslims as “extremists” or “religious fanatics.” Formulating a successful military strategy requires that we see the enemy as they perceive themselves—highly trained and motivated soldiers who believe their cause is righteous. Scheuer shows that the war has accelerated the transformation of bin Laden and al Qaeda from man and organization to, respectively, a symbol of leadership and heroism and a worldwide movement.
Author : Muntaṣir Zayyāt
Publisher : Pluto Press (UK)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Road To Al-Qaeda written by Muntaṣir Zayyāt and published by Pluto Press (UK). This book was released on 2004-01-20 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Controversial biography of Al-Qaeda mastermind Ayman al-Zawahiri that details divisions within militant Islam.
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Publisher : Asis International
ISBN 13 : 9781887056564
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (565 download)
Download or read book Business Continuity Guideline written by and published by Asis International. This book was released on 2004 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The BC guideline is a series of interrelated processes and activities that will assist in creating, testing, and maintaining an organization-wide plan for use in the event of a crisis. -- p. 6.
Author : J. M. Albala-Bertrand
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9780198287650
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (876 download)
Download or read book The Political Economy of Large Natural Disasters written by J. M. Albala-Bertrand and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1993 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book sets out to develop a new framework for the analysis and understanding of large natural disasters occurring in developing countries in the last three decades, and their effects on the economy and society. In doing so, it challenges many of the accepted wisdoms of disaster theory upon which policy prescriptions are built. A number of important issues are addressed and analysed within this framework. The reliability of current statistics about disasters is questioned, and the effects of disaster situations on the main economic aggregates are examined. The author also looks at the importance of indirect disaster effects, the motivations of disaster response, and the impact of both capital loss and disaster response on output. He assesses the minimum level of additional investment required to secure a balanced recovery, and the extent to which a society's structure and dynamics determine people's vulnerability to disasters. Finally, the overall effects of disaster situations on economy and society are considered. The author concludes that although disasters are primarily a problem of development, they are not necessarily a problem for development. What we should be looking at are the underlying social and economic processes within developing countries which structure the impact of natural disasters, rather than at disasters as unforeseen events requiring large scale intervention. An important feature of the book is the deconstruction of the notion of disaster. Disasters, the author points out, cannot be analysed in isolation from the particular social and political setting in which they occur.
Author : Timothy Beatley
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801846984
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (469 download)
Download or read book Ethical Land Use written by Timothy Beatley and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 1994-04-01 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology," wrote Aldo Leopold in 1933, "but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics." Since then, every generation has taken up Leopold's search for a "land ethic" to guide decision making which would balance economic considerations with concerns for beauty, sustainability and quality of life. Should a community preserve or develop the remaining wetlands within its jurisdiction? Should a local government allow low-income housing to be built in an affluent neighborhood? Does a farmer continue farming despite surrounding urbanization or does he sell the land for a profit and allow further development? Ethical Land Use is the first comprehensive examination of the eithical dimensions of land-use decisions and policy. Its premise is that all land-use decisions—whether to build an interstate highway or maintain a suburban lawn with chemical fertilizers—invariably involve ethical choices. Historically Beatley observes, many such decisions were made on narrow legal, technical, or economic grounds rather than on a full consideration of their complex ethical and moral dimensions. Drawing on a combination of actual land-use conflicts and hypothetical scenarios, Beatley offers a full description and analysis of the difficult issues faced by policy makers as well as individual citizens. He concludes by proposing a practical set of principles for ethical land use to guide future policy and planning
Author : Eric C. Jones
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 0759113114
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (591 download)
Download or read book The Political Economy of Hazards and Disasters written by Eric C. Jones and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2009-05-16 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, societies have had to decide whom to 'sacrifice' and whom to help in times of disaster. This volume examines how elite groups attempt to maintain power through the use of particular economic, political, and ideological instruments and how both ruling elites and common people endeavor to create meaningful traditions while enduring hardship.The Political Economy of Hazards and Disasters demonstrates how vulnerability is economically constructed, primary producers adapt their production regimes, how traders and merchants adapt their practices, and how political economic objectives play out in recovery efforts.
