Social Disasters – Bücher, CDs, Blu-ray Discs und mehr, Seite 2

Oil Spill Science and Technology

Oil Spill Science and Technology, Third Edition delivers a multi-contributed view on the entire chain of oil-spill related topics from oil properties and behaviors to remote sensing through the management…

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Aidan Seale-Feldman
The Work of Disaster

A compelling portrait of post-disaster imaginaries of repair in Nepal.In a world marked by escalating disasters, the forms that care takes are increasingly fraught. In this powerful book, anthropologist A…

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Chika Watanabe
Play to Survive

We live in a fragile world. This much is evident as stories abound of natural disasters that wipe out communities in an instant. How can we survive the future on such a planet, amid intensifying climate c…

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Chika Watanabe
Play to Survive

We live in a fragile world. This much is evident as stories abound of natural disasters that wipe out communities in an instant. How can we survive the future on such a planet, amid intensifying climate c…

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Jeanne Carstensen
A Greek Tragedy

Recounting a tragic 2015 refugee boat disaster near Lesvos, this narrative highlights the refugees' harrowing journeys, heroic rescues by locals and volunteers and the failure of larger institutions amids…

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Tom Ough
The Anti-Catastrophe League

'Consummate and thorough' - The Times'Darkly entertaining' - The SpectatorA superbly written work of narrative non-fiction by an exciting new talent, The Anti-Catastrophe League isa brilliant study of the…

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Emily Huddart Kennedy
Eco-Types

Why acknowledging diverse eco-social relationships can help us overcome the political polarization that undermines our ability to protect the environment When we picture the ideal environmentalist, we li…

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Christopher T Dole
Living on

"Living On centers around the unprecedented mobilization of mental health professionals in the wake of a massive earthquake that struck western Turkey in 1999--a disaster that left more than 20,000 p…

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Geography and Disasters

Drawing on global case studies, this is the first book to outline and elaborate on the ways that human geography has extended our understanding of disasters.Every chapter analyses disasters through the le…

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Christopher T Dole
Living on

"Living On centers around the unprecedented mobilization of mental health professionals in the wake of a massive earthquake that struck western Turkey in 1999--a disaster that left more than 20,000 p…

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Matthew Stein,
When Technology Fails, Revised and Expanded

**The classic, comprehensive primer on sustainable living skills---from food and water to shelter and energy to first aid and crisis-management skills---fully revised and updated for 2026 and beyond **Mat…

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Michael R Glore, Michael J Kitsock
The Great Memorial Day Fire of 1945 and Other Schuylkill County Disasters

Schuylkill County is no stranger to disaster.Schuylkill County is no stranger to disaster. Protected by volunteers since 1811, residents have faced block-burning conflagrations like the Great Memorial Day…

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Public Catastrophes, Private Losses

The essays in this collection expand the definition of catastrophe to include not only events like pandemics, hurricanes, and wildfires but also slower-moving phenomena that have equally disastrous long-t…

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Public Catastrophes, Private Losses

The essays in this collection expand the definition of catastrophe to include not only events like pandemics, hurricanes, and wildfires but also slower-moving phenomena that have equally disastrous long-t…

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Filippo Menga
Thirst

Two billion people worldwide are without access to safe water. But solutions are hard to come by when causes are not clearly defined. In a whirlwind tour of global water insecurity, one of the world's lea…

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Areum Jeong
Beyond the Sewol

On the evening of April 15, 2014, the Sewol ferry set sail on its overnight journey from Incheon, in northwestern South Korea, to Jeju Island, 240 miles to the south. There were 476 people on board. After…

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Areum Jeong
Beyond the Sewol

On the evening of April 15, 2014, the Sewol ferry set sail on its overnight journey from Incheon, in northwestern South Korea, to Jeju Island, 240 miles to the south. There were 476 people on board. After…

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Thomas A Bass
Return to Fukushima

Is it possible to live in a nuclear exclusion zone? Return to Fukushima captures the aftermath of the 2011 nuclear disaster, chronicling the resilience of people navigating life amid radioactivity.Fukushi…

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Melissa L Rosario
Beyond Disaster

An alternative view of Puerto Rico's past, present, and future. How do we map the pathways to liberation where we have been taught to see only trauma, suffering, and lack? Rosario offers an alternative vi…

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Counting Our Blessings

Counting Our Blessings is a journey through the lives of forty-one New Orleanians in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Their experiences and reflections offer a clarifying view of the assistance, promis…

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