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Publisher
Springer Publishing Company
Language
English
Formats
Description
PART 1: OVERVIEW OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE // 1. When Disaster Strikes: Disaster Response -- 2. Before the Storm: Preparedness -- 3. Crisis Intervention and the Mental Health Response // PART 2: VULNERABLE POPULATIONS // 4. Pregnant Women, Infants and Children and Disasters -- 5. Persons with Disabilities and Disasters -- 6. Older Adults and Disasters -- 7. Persons with Chronic Mental Health Issues and Disasters -- 8. Persons with Alcohol...
Author
Publisher
Callisto Reference
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The crossroads between more and more populated human communities and their transforming environment pose distinct complications than ever before. This book serves as a great source of reference for several users, interested in a better comprehension of natural hazards and their effective management. It encompasses information regarding various natural hazards leading to disasters, like avalanches, tropical storms, coastal floods, etc. The case studies...
Author
Publisher
Callisto Reference
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Tsunami is considered an epidemic natural disaster. The purpose of this multidisciplinary text is to present numerous researches regarding development and management methods required before and after tsunami. It is planned to circulate this research among the scientific society and decision makers for tsunami risk reduction. The presented chapters are professionally researched. The book provides readers with modern techniques for tsunami measurement...
Author
Publisher
Callisto Reference
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"The book provides an analysis of the intricate and extensive field of the impact of natural disasters. Various approaches are possible to examine psychological, environmental, economic, or societal damage caused by natural disasters, to help decrease the impacts of future events. A broad spectrum of analyses from various parts of the globe are encompassed in this book illustrating different approaches from which natural disasters can be studied....
Author
Publisher
Callisto Reference
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"This book presents information that is essential for improving disaster management. The book discusses the management component of the disaster continuum i.e. the nature of the risk, hazard, vulnerability, strategies, response and adaptation. The chapters comprise of research studies conducted by various international scholars. The researches concentrate on a specific location or accident. The chapters are arranged in the manner in which the phases...
Author
Publisher
Callisto Reference
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Disaster management involves the mitigation of effects of a calamity using an integrative strategy involving both human and materialistic resources. This book presents an overview of crucial disaster management issues. Original research reports by international scholars focused on disaster management present important facets of danger and disaster management. It discusses perspectives on vulnerability and advancing approaches to mitigation, approaches...
Author
Series
Publisher
Facts on File
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"It is impossible to avoid the constant media barrage of reports detailing human-made and natural disasters and amplifying the threat of such disasters. Beyond the news headlines, recent disasters have prompted the restructuring of the U.S. government, namely, the formation of the Department of Homeland Security and the reorganization of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). With the ever-present prospect of disaster from hurricanes, tornadoes,...
Author
Series
Heaven on earth volume 3
Language
English
Description
When Katie's fiancé died in a tragic accident, so did her hope of finding love. When a tornado destroys her small Amish settlement, including the schoolhouse, she doesn't know how she will provide for herself. Seth arrived in Hope Falls days before the storm; when he helps usher Katie and the children to safety, sparks fly. But Seth is only in town to help his brother, Amos, get back on his feet following the death of his wife. Sworn to protect...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"The owner of the world's leading disaster management company chronicles the unseen world behind the yellow tape, and explores what it means to be human after a lifetime of caring for the dead. You have seen Robert A. Jensen-you just never knew it. As the owner of the world's largest disaster management company, he has spent most of his adult life responding to tragedy. From the Oklahoma City bombing, 9/11, the Bali bombings, the 2004 South Asian...
Author
Publisher
Chelsea Green Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Disasters often strike without warning and leave a trail of destruction in their wake. Yet armed with the right tools and information, survivors can fend for themselves and get through even the toughest circumstances. Matthew Stein's When Disaster Strikes provides a thorough, practical guide for how to prepare for and react in many of life's most unpredictable scenarios. In this disaster-preparedness manual, he outlines the materials you'll need-from...
Series
Disaster prevention and management an international journal volume 15, no. 1
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English