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Calamity

Author : Karen Jones
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300212801
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Calamity written by Karen Jones and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-04 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating new account of the life and legend of the Wild West's most notorious woman: Calamity Jane Martha Jane Canary, popularly known as Calamity Jane, was the pistol-packing, rootin' tootin' "lady wildcat" of the American West. Brave and resourceful, she held her own with the men of America's most colorful era and became a celebrity both in her own right and through her association with the likes of Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody. In this engaging account, Karen Jones takes a fresh look at the story of this iconic frontierswoman. She pieces together what is known of Canary's life and shows how a rough and itinerant lifestyle paved the way for the scattergun, alcohol-fueled heroics that dominated Canary's career. Spanning Canary's rise from humble origins to her role as "heroine of the plains" and the embellishment of her image over subsequent decades, Jones shows her to be feisty, eccentric, transgressive--and very much complicit in the making of the myth that was Calamity Jane.

Coping with Calamity

Author : Jiayan Zhang
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 0774825979
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (748 download)

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Download or read book Coping with Calamity written by Jiayan Zhang and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Jianghan Plain in central China has been shaped by its relationship with water. Once a prolific rice-growing region that drew immigrants to its fertile paddy fields, it has, since the eighteenth century, become prone to devastating flooding and waterlogging. Over time, population pressures and dike building left more and more people in the region vulnerable to frequent water calamities. The first environmental and socioeconomic history of the region, Coping with Calamity considers the Jianghan Plain's volatile environment, the constant challenges it presented to peasants, and their often ingenious and sophisticated responses during the Qing and Republican periods.

Handbook of Disaster Research

Author : Havidan Rodriguez
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 0387323538
Total Pages : 639 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (873 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Disaster Research written by Havidan Rodriguez and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-11-14 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely Handbook is based on the principle that disasters are social constructions and focuses on social science disaster research. It provides an interdisciplinary approach to disasters with theoretical, methodological, and practical applications. Attention is given to conceptual issues dealing with the concept "disaster" and to methodological issues relating to research on disasters. These include Geographic Information Systems as a useful research tool and its implications for future research. This seminal work is the first interdisciplinary collection of disaster research as it stands now while outlining how the field will continue to grow.

Official Gazette. English Edition

Author : Japan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1414 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book Official Gazette. English Edition written by Japan and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 1414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Handbook of Disaster Research

Author : Havidán Rodríguez
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331963254X
Total Pages : 635 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Disaster Research written by Havidán Rodríguez and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 635 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely Handbook is based on the principle that disasters are social constructions and focuses on social science disaster research. It provides an interdisciplinary approach to disasters with theoretical, methodological, and practical applications. Attention is given to conceptual issues dealing with the concept "disaster" and to methodological issues relating to research on disasters. These include Geographic Information Systems as a useful research tool and its implications for future research. This seminal work is the first interdisciplinary collection of disaster research as it stands now while outlining how the field will continue to grow.

The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire

Author : Charles Morris
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The San Francisco Calamity by Earthquake and Fire written by Charles Morris and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Angry Earth

Author : Anthony Oliver-Smith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315298899
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book The Angry Earth written by Anthony Oliver-Smith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-06 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Angry Earth explores how various cultures in different historical moments have responded to calamity, offering insight into the complex relationship between societies and their environments. From hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes to oil spills and nuclear accidents, disasters triggered by both natural and technological hazards have become increasingly frequent and destructive across the planet. Through case studies drawn from around the globe the contributors to this volume examine issues ranging from the social and political factors that set the stage for disaster, to the cultural processes experienced by survivors, to the long-term impact of disasters on culture and society. In the second edition, each chapter has been updated with a postscript to reflect on recent developments in the field. There is also new material on key present-day topics including epidemics, drought, non-governmental organizations, and displacement and resettlement. This book demonstrates the relevance of studying disaster from an anthropological perspective and is a valuable resource not only for anthropologists but for other fields concerned with education, policy and practice.

Towards a Territorial Multi-Disaster Buildings’ Resistance Certification

Author : Daniele Fabrizio Bignami
Publisher : Springer Science & Business
ISBN 13 : 8847052238
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Towards a Territorial Multi-Disaster Buildings’ Resistance Certification written by Daniele Fabrizio Bignami and published by Springer Science & Business. This book was released on 2014-05-02 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disaster risk is increasing, not only in number of events, but also in incurred losses. Such increases are being driven also by the growing exposure of assets, due to the rapid urban growth, because vulnerability decreases as countries develop, but not enough to compensate. The situation will be more and more critical, due to the growth of the amount of the building stock. Thus we need new initiatives to foster upgrading of existing building and enhancement of land planning strategies. “Safe Home” scheme is aimed at increasing urban safety requirements against hazards under an advanced labeling approach. It provides a quantitative evaluation of building performance through an objective, reproducible approach, assessing risks at a land, urban and building scale. Aim of this rating system is to result in useful information to different users, like land planning decision makers, owners, purchasers, tenants or property and real estate managers.

Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation

Author : Han-Long Liu
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540798463
Total Pages : 1114 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation written by Han-Long Liu and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-02-18 with total page 1114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation" presents the latest developments and case studies in the field. All contributions to this proceedings were rigorously reviewed to cover the newest developments in disasters related to earthquakes, landslides and slopes, soil dynamics, risk assessment and management, disaster mitigation and rehabilitation, and others. The book will be a useful reference for geotechnical scientists, engineers and professionals in these areas.

The Culture of Calamity

Author : Kevin Rozario
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226725707
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Culture of Calamity written by Kevin Rozario and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2007-08-15 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turn on the news and it looks as if we live in a time and place unusually consumed by the specter of disaster. The events of 9/11 and the promise of future attacks, Hurricane Katrina and the destruction of New Orleans, and the inevitable consequences of environmental devastation all contribute to an atmosphere of imminent doom. But reading an account of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, with its vivid evocation of buildings “crumbling as one might crush a biscuit,” we see that calamities—whether natural or man-made—have long had an impact on the American consciousness. Uncovering the history of Americans’ responses to disaster from their colonial past up to the present, Kevin Rozario reveals the vital role that calamity—and our abiding fascination with it—has played in the development of this nation. Beginning with the Puritan view of disaster as God’s instrument of correction, Rozario explores how catastrophic events frequently inspired positive reactions. He argues that they have shaped American life by providing an opportunity to take stock of our values and social institutions. Destruction leads naturally to rebuilding, and here we learn that disasters have been a boon to capitalism, and, paradoxically, indispensable to the construction of dominant American ideas of progress. As Rozario turns to the present, he finds that the impulse to respond creatively to disasters is mitigated by a mania for security. Terror alerts and duct tape represent the cynical politician’s attitude about 9/11, but Rozario focuses on how the attacks registered in the popular imagination—how responses to genuine calamity were mediated by the hyperreal thrills of movies; how apocalyptic literature, like the best-selling Left Behind series, recycles Puritan religious outlooks while adopting Hollywood’s style; and how the convergence of these two ways of imagining disaster points to a new postmodern culture of calamity. The Culture of Calamity will stand as the definitive diagnosis of the peculiarly American addiction to the spectacle of destruction.

Disasters in World History

Author : Benjamin Reilly
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1040110894
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Disasters in World History written by Benjamin Reilly and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-27 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disasters in World History surveys the development of disaster studies as a discipline as well as presenting historical case studies and theories used by historians to understand disasters. Disasters, here defined as the complex interaction between natural hazards and specific human vulnerabilities, have frequently left a mark on human history. Cataclysms have toppled dynasties, fueled massacres, and shaped the culture of societies frequently affected by natural hazards. This volume fosters understanding of such events by considering both social science theory and the natural science concepts relevant to disaster studies. In addition, the text makes heavy use of an emerging psychological theory relevant to disaster studies: the behavioral immune system, which helps to explain why xenophobic behavior and even violence often erupt in the aftermath of disasters. Chapters consider specific examples of disasters: earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, climate change (including modern anthropogenic climate change or global warming), and tropical cyclones. This book is an accessible resource, ideal for undergraduates and instructors in world history, environmental history, and disaster studies courses.

What is a Disaster?

Author : Enrico Louis Quarantelli
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415178983
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (789 download)

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Download or read book What is a Disaster? written by Enrico Louis Quarantelli and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are conflict situations such as the ethnic clashes in Yugoslavia or Rwanda, terrorist attacks and riots, the same kind of social crises as those generated by natural and technological happenings such as earthquakes and chemical explosions? In What is a Disaster?, social science disaster researchers from six different disciplines advance their views on what a disaster is. Clashes in conceptions are highlighted, through the book's unique juxtaposition of the authors separately advanced views. A reaction paper to each set of views is presented by an experienced disaster researcher; in turn, the original authors provide a response to what has been said about their views. What is a Disaster? sets out the huge conceptual differences that exist concerning what a disaster is, and presents important implications for both theory, study and practice.

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, in Bank

Author : Ohio. Supreme Court
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio, in Bank written by Ohio. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cambridge Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction and International Law

Author : Katja L. H. Samuel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108693199
Total Pages : 1020 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Disaster Risk Reduction and International Law written by Katja L. H. Samuel and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-28 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number, intensity, and impact of diverse forms of 'natural' and 'human-made' disasters are increasing. In response, the international community has shifted its primary focus away from disaster response to prevention and improved preparedness. The current globally agreed upon roadmap is the ambitious Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030, central to which is the better understanding of disaster risk management and mitigation. Sendai also urges innovative implementation, especially multi-sectoral and multi-hazard coherence. Yet the law sector itself remains relatively under-developed, including a paucity of supporting 'DRR law' scholarship and minimal cross-sectoral engagement. Commonly, this is attributable to limited understanding by other sectors about law's dynamic potential as a tool of disaster risk mitigation, despite the availability of many risk-related norms across a broad spectrum of legal regimes. This unique, timely Handbook brings together global and multi-sector perspectives on one of the most pressing policy issues of our time.

America's Disaster Culture

Author : Robert C. Bell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1628924632
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (289 download)

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Download or read book America's Disaster Culture written by Robert C. Bell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are we inside the era of disasters or are we merely inundated by mediated accounts of events categorized as catastrophic? America's Disaster Culture offers answers to this question and a critical theory surrounding the culture of “natural” disasters in American consumerism, literature, media, film, and popular culture. In a hyper-mediated global culture, disaster events reach us with great speed and minute detail, and Americans begin forming, interpreting, and historicizing catastrophes simultaneously with fellow citizens and people worldwide. America's Disaster Culture is not policy, management, or relief oriented. It offers an analytical framework for the cultural production and representation of disasters, catastrophes, and apocalypses in American culture. It focuses on filling a need for critical analysis centered upon the omnipresence of real and imagined disasters, epidemics, and apocalypses in American culture. However, it also observes events, such as the Dust Bowl, Hurricane Katrina, and 9/11, that are re-framed and re-historicized as “natural” disasters by contemporary media and pop culture. Therefore, America's Disaster Culture theorizes the very parameters of classifying any event as a “natural” disaster, addresses the biases involved in a catastrophic event's public narrative, and analyzes American culture's consumption of a disastrous event. Looking toward the future, what are the hypothetical and actual threats to disaster culture? Or, are we oblivious that we are currently living in a post-apocalyptic landscape?

Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California

Author : California. Supreme Court
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 986 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California written by California. Supreme Court and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 986 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Urban Flood Mitigation Strategies Using Geo Spatial Tools

Author : Narendar Kumar
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000931072
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Urban Flood Mitigation Strategies Using Geo Spatial Tools written by Narendar Kumar and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-20 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The disastrous effects of floods in urban areas of various Indian cities have been increasing in severity and extent over the past decade. This book explores flood disasters, their impact in world and Indian contexts, assessing vulnerability and risks involved, and systematic use of (GIS)-enabled platforms to map mitigation measures sustainably, with special reference to the metropolitan flood mitigation endeavors. This book balances the theoretical with empirical approaches to form a unique standpoint on the various challenges and possible solutions to urban flooding in India. Through a study of major urban flood incidents, this book analyzes the factors which contribute to the rising risk of flooding with increasing urbanization, population dynamics, growth, and urban sprawl, with particular focus on the cities of Chennai, Mumbai, and Hyderabad in India. It also examines disaster governance on urban floods and legislative prospects of flood disasters through discussions on standing acts, United Nations (UN) directives, and internationally adopted practices and actions, which are applicable in the Indian context. An interdisciplinary study, this book brings together tools and research from various disciplines including geography, urban and regional planning, and GIS. It will be an invaluable resource for researchers, scholars, engineers, students, planners, academicians, and professionals of cross-disciplines to help them resolve the problem of urban flooding. It will also be of interest to the general reader seeking to learn more about disasters, urban flooding, engineering, and GIS.