Rebuilding After Disasters emphasizes the role of the built environment in the re-establishment of lives and sustainable livelihoods after disasters. Expert contributors explain the principal challenges facing professionals and practitioners in the building industry.
This book elaborates on diverse dominant practices of masculinity in disasters and how this shapes recovery and resilience. Original studies in divers..
The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international ..
First published in 1990, this book describes the nature of the hurricane, one of the world's most dangerous weather hazards. It examines the formation..
First published in 1990, this book describes the nature of the hurricane, one of the world's most dangerous weather hazards. It examines the formation..
There is a perennial gap between theory and practice, between academia and active professionals in the field. In disaster management this gap means th..
Why did the people of the Zambesi Delta affected by severe flooding return early to their homes or even choose to not evacuate? How is the forced rese..
The devastating effects of natural disasters are not only directly on humans and infrastructure, but also on animals, which may be crucial to the live..
The past three decades have seen a global shift in disaster management from an event driven response to a ‘could-be’ risk management approach. Disaste..
Extreme weather events, such as droughts, strong winds and storms, flash floods and extreme heat and cold, are among the most destructive yet fascinat..
First published in 1935, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the 1934 Nepal-Bihar earthquake, giving a background to the earthquake zone, d..
Geographies of Plague Pandemics attempts to synthesis our current understanding of the spatial and temporal dynamics of plague, Yersinia pestis. The e..