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Author | : Laurie A. Johnson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Crisis management |
ISBN | : 9781558443310 |
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Great natural disasters are rare, but their aftermath can change the fortunes of a city or region forever. This book and its companion Policy Focus Report identify lessons from different parts of the world to help communities and government leaders better organize for recovery after future disasters. The authors consider the processes and outcomes of community recovery and reconstruction following major disasters in six countries: China, New Zealand, India, Indonesia, Japan, and the United States. Post-disaster reconstruction offers opportunities to improve construction and design standards, renew infrastructure, create new land use arrangements, reinvent economies, and improve governance. If done well, reconstruction can help break the cycle of disaster-related impacts and losses, and improve the resilience of a city or region.
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Publisher | : Readers Digest |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Natural disasters. |
ISBN | : 9780895773210 |
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A comprehensive, historical overview of some of the world's greatest natural disasters captures the power of the human spirit as it triumphs over the floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other calamities
Author | : Makoto Iokibe |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2020-09-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 047212725X |
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The Era of Great Disasters examines modern disaster response in Japan, from the changing earthquake preparations and regulations, to immediate emergency procedures from the national, prefectural, and city levels, and finally the evolving efforts of rebuilding and preparing for the next great disaster in the hopes of minimizing their tragic effects. This book focuses on three major earthquakes from Japan’s modern history. The first is the 1923 Great Kantō Earthquake, which struck the capital region. The second is the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, affecting the area between Kobe and Osaka. The third is the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the magnitude 9.0 quake that struck off the Pacific coast of the Tōhoku region, causing a devastating tsunami and nuclear accident. While the events of (and around) each of these earthquakes are unique, Professor Iokibe brings his deep expertise and personal experience to each disaster, unveiling not only the disasters themselves but the humanity underneath. In each case, he gives attention and gratitude to those who labored to save lives and restore the communities affected, from the individuals on the scene to government officials and military personnel and emergency responders, in the hope that we might learn from the past and move forward with greater wisdom, knowledge, and common purpose.
Author | : David Keller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780380760435 |
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Describes some of the great disasters of history, both natural and man-made.
Author | : Peter Hall |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 339 |
Release | : 1982-03-22 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 0520046072 |
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"Wide-ranging, significant, and readable...It will earn respect in non-academics as well as academic circles. A first-rate job."—Lloyd Rodwin
Author | : Hugh Vickers |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1985-10-15 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780312346348 |
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To its devotees, opera is the most sublime of arts. It is also one of the most accident prone, and when things go wrong, they tend to do so on a grand scale. Great Operatic Disasters records some of the most memorable calamities from opera houses around the world. Most of them are true, some have been embroidered over the years, and a few, well, se non e vero, e ben trovato.
Author | : Stephen J. Spignesi |
Publisher | : Citadel Press |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780806525587 |
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More than half of the disasters chronicled are natural. These floods, storms, droughts, blizzards, famines and epidemics are fierce reminders that humankind is no match for the devastating force and fury of nature. From the Great Influenza Epidemic of WWI that took nearly 40 million lives to the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, there are numerous accounts of catastrophes that could not be averted, and whose destructive power was beyond imagining.
Author | : Herbert Genzmer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Disasters |
ISBN | : 9781405495202 |
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Accompanied by sensational photos and illustrations, the eight chapters of this book present some of the most significant catastrophes in the history of the world.
Author | : Richard Gordon |
Publisher | : House of Stratus |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 2014-07-01 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0755147081 |
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Man's activities have been tainted by disaster ever since the serpent first approached Eve in the garden. And the world of medicine is no exception. In this outrageous and strangely informative book, Richard Gordon explores some of history's more bizarre medical disasters.
Author | : Brenda Z. Guiberson |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2010-06-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0805081704 |
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"Natural and man-made disasters have the power to destroy thousands of lives very quickly. Both as they unfold and in the aftermath, these forces of nature astonish the rest of the world with their incredible devastation and magnitude. In this collection of ten well-known catastrophes ... Brenda Guiberson explores the causes and effects, as well as the local and global reverberations of these calamitous events."--Barnesandnoble.com.