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Hurricane Opal in Florida: A Building Performance Assessment (FEMA 281)
ISBN: 9781484818275 / Angielski / Miękka / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Building Performance Assessment: Hurricane Fran in North Carolina - Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance (FEMA 290)
ISBN: 9781484818312 / Angielski / Miękka / 88 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Building Performance Assessment Report: Hurricane Georges ... In the Gulf Coast ... Building on Success - Observations, Recommendations, and Technical
ISBN: 9781484818374 / Angielski / Miękka / 114 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Building Performance Assessment Report: Hurricane Georges In Puerto Rico - Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance (FEMA 339)
ISBN: 9781484818442 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Mitigation Assessment Team Report: Hurricane Charley in Florida - Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance (FEMA 488)
ISBN: 9781484818497 / Angielski / Miękka / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Hurricane Charley made landfall on Friday, August 13, 2004, at Mangrove Point, just southwest of Punta Gorda, Florida. On August 19, 2004, the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Mitigation Division deployed a Mitigation Assessment Team (MAT) to Florida to assess damages caused by Hurricane Charley. This report presents the MAT's observations, conclusions, and recommendations in response to those field investigations. Several maps included in our first chapter illustrate the path of the storm, the wind field estimates, the impact on people and infrastructure, and the depth of storm...
Hurricane Charley made landfall on Friday, August 13, 2004, at Mangrove Point, just southwest of Punta Gorda, Florida. On August 19, 2004, the Federal...
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Mitigation Assessment Team Report: Hurricane Ivan in Alabama and Florida - Observations, Recommendations, and Technical Guidance (FEMA 489)
ISBN: 9781484818558 / Angielski / Miękka / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Recommended Residential Construction for Coastal Areas - Building on Strong and Safe Foundations (FEMA P-550, Second Edition)
ISBN: 9781484818657 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Past storms such as Hurricanes Andrew, Hugo, Charley, Katrina, and Rita, and recent events such as Hurricane Ike continue to show the vulnerability of our "built environment." While good design and construction cannot totally eliminate risk, every storm has shown that sound design and construction can significantly reduce the risk to life and damage to property. With that in mind, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has developed this manual to help the community of homebuilders, contractors, and local engineering professionals in rebuilding homes destroyed by hurricanes, and...
Past storms such as Hurricanes Andrew, Hugo, Charley, Katrina, and Rita, and recent events such as Hurricane Ike continue to show the vulnerability of...
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Analysis of the Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 2013
ISBN: 9781490957951 / Angielski / Miękka / 34 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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A Needs Assessment of the U.S. Fire Service: A Cooperative Study Authorized by U.S. Public Law 106-398
ISBN: 9781492926085 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Building Resilient Urban Communities
ISBN: 9781783509058 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "How do urban communities in Asian cities experience the impacts of urbanisation and climate change? This book throws light on the ongoing processes of rapid urban transformation in many cities in developing countries, with particular reference to cities such as Chennai in India. Due to increasing demands on infrastructures and urban services, cities in developing countries are often pushed to the edge of collapse even when not in times of disaster. While such cities try to implement measures to safeguard the well-being of their citizens, looming impacts of climate change such as increasingly...
"How do urban communities in Asian cities experience the impacts of urbanisation and climate change? This book throws light on the ongoing processes o...
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Disasters and Vulnerable Populations: Evidence-Based Practice for the Helping Professions
ISBN: 9780826198457 / Angielski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Offers the most current, evidence-based information for helping specific populations affected by disasters Vulnerable populations such as children, older adults, and people with disabilities are disproportionately affected by large-scale disasters. This hands-on resource for students and professionals in social work, counseling, nursing, and mental health encompasses the best and most current evidence-based interventions for effectively responding to the needs of vulnerable populations following disasters. Using an all-hazards perspective, the book also... Offers the most current, evidence-based information for helping specific populations affected by disasters Vulner... |
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The Dynamics of Disaster
ISBN: 9780393349917 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 2011, there were fourteen natural calamities that each destroyed over a billion dollars' worth of property in the United States alone. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy ravaged the East Coast and major earthquakes struck in Italy, the Philippines, Iran, and Afghanistan. In the first half of 2013, the awful drumbeat continued--a monster supertornado struck Moore, Oklahoma; a powerful earthquake shook Sichuan, China; a cyclone ravaged Queensland, Australia; massive floods inundated Jakarta, Indonesia; and the largest wildfire ever engulfed a large part of Colorado. Despite these events, we... In 2011, there were fourteen natural calamities that each destroyed over a billion dollars' worth of property in the United States alone. In 2012, ... |
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Be Prepared! An Effective Disaster Management Plan: Ways to Prepare for Every Kind of Disaster
ISBN: 9781495350825 / Angielski / Miękka / 102 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A disaster is an unexpected event that causes destruction. Disasters cause loss - of life, of property, of money, and of happiness. They strike at any time and anyplace. They can take away your home and your family. Some disasters are natural, and some are caused by humans. This book will explore the different types of disasters that can happen to you and your family. It will tell you what you can do to prepare for a disaster, and how to survive during a disaster. It will explain how to secure primary needs like food, water, and shelter. It will also cover secondary needs like communication,...
A disaster is an unexpected event that causes destruction. Disasters cause loss - of life, of property, of money, and of happiness. They strike at any...
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Bug Out Bag: A Quick BOB Guide on How to Make the Ultimate Bug out Bag
ISBN: 9781495363436 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A disaster is unexpected and causes destruction. It strikes at any time and any place. A disaster may be natural or man-made. Sometimes a disaster requires one to flee immediately from a disaster ground to a safer site. If a disaster should strike your area and necessitates an evacuation, are you prepared to flee immediately? Do you know which items to pack and are vital for your survival? What if you don't have the time to pack? Wouldn't it be better if you have a bag you can readily grabbed if you need to evacuate? Having a prepared BOB or a bug-out bag helps you be prepared to escape any...
A disaster is unexpected and causes destruction. It strikes at any time and any place. A disaster may be natural or man-made. Sometimes a disaster req...
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The National Dam Safety Program Research Needs Workshop: Dam Spillways
ISBN: 9781482679700 / Angielski / Miękka / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The National Dam Safety Program Research Needs Workshop: Embankment Dam Failure Analysis
ISBN: 9781482716665 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The National Dam Safety Program Research Needs Workshop: Hydrologic Issues for Dams
ISBN: 9781482736670 / Angielski / Miękka / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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The National Dam Safety Program Final Report on Coordination and Cooperation With The European Union on Embankment Failure Analysis (FEMA 602 / August
ISBN: 9781482736922 / Angielski / Miękka / 170 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Protecting Emergency Responders - Volume 3: Safety Management in Disaster and Terrorism Response
ISBN: 9781495988332 / Angielski / Miękka / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every day across the nation, emergencies occur that threaten our lives, well-being, property, peace, and security. Every day, we rely upon our local police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, public health professionals, and others to arrive quickly and do what needs to be done to restore the safety, the security, the peace, and the routine to our lives. These emergency responders are trained to handle such emergencies that occur day by day in our cities, towns, villages, and countrysides. On rare occasions, emergencies occur that are so large in scale and so severe that...
Every day across the nation, emergencies occur that threaten our lives, well-being, property, peace, and security. Every day, we rely upon our local p...
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Food Insecurity? in the South: Some possible breaking points
ISBN: 9789966720559 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text encourages policy makers and farmers to use the drought resistant crops to face food security as an agribusiness. Due to failed rains, peasant farmers literally throw their resources annually into fields which yield nothing...courtesy of their attempt to look civilized by planting crops which non-primitive people associate with. If they produce the crops matching the climate of the areas...before they have access to irrigation..they will be sure to produce annually..and every season..and avoid the heavcy dependency ratio which has dragged the African from saving, investing and...
This text encourages policy makers and farmers to use the drought resistant crops to face food security as an agribusiness. Due to failed rains, peasa...
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