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The Resilience Dividend: Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong
ISBN: 9781610394703 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Building resilience--the ability to bounce back more quickly and effectively--is an urgent social and economic issue. Our interconnected world is susceptible to sudden and dramatic shocks and stresses: a cyber-attack, a new strain of virus, a structural failure, a violent storm, a civil disturbance, an economic blow. Through an astonishing range of stories, Judith Rodin shows how people, organizations, businesses, communities, and cities have developed resilience in the face of otherwise catastrophic challenges: - Medellin, Colombia, was once the drug and murder capital of South...
Building resilience--the ability to bounce back more quickly and effectively--is an urgent social and economic issue. Our interconnected world is susc...
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Long-Term Community Recovery from Natural Disasters
ISBN: 9781466593022 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today, governmental efforts at long-term community recovery from a natural disaster consist primarily of rebuilding the physical artifact of the community. This entails reestablishing vital community services and infrastructure and creating housing to replace that which has been lost. While restoring the built environment of a disaster area is essential, alone it is not sufficient to achieve complete recovery. Long-Term Community Recovery from Natural Disasters presents what the authors have learned over two decades from more than two dozen community disasters in and... Today, governmental efforts at long-term community recovery from a natural disaster consist primarily of rebuilding the physical artifact of the co... |
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Malaysian Flight 370 Report: An International Search for 239 Passengers
ISBN: 9781497388437 / Angielski / Miękka / 50 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. **BREAKING NEWS: A PARTIAL WING HAS BEEN FOUND.** SECOND EDITION Our prayers are with the families and friends, the passengers and crew members aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. The Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has been missing for well over a week now. With each passing day, the mystery deepens as analysts, governments and global citizens at large try to decipher what happened to the ill-fated flight. It disappeared into thin air, as if by magic, without leaving a trace; reportedly, the Malaysian Air Force did not pick up any data from the missing plane as it flew across the country's...
**BREAKING NEWS: A PARTIAL WING HAS BEEN FOUND.** SECOND EDITION Our prayers are with the families and friends, the passengers and crew members aboard...
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The Prepper's Guide to Survival Food Storage
ISBN: 9781497473942 / Angielski / Miękka / 52 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Just to say Thank You for checking out this Book I want to give you a copy of my upcoming special report "The Prepper's Supplies Guide for When Disaster Strikes" Go to www.SurvivalFamilyBasics.com to reserve your FREE copy now. What if your life was disrupted by a natural disaster, water or food supply contamination or any other type of emergency? Do you have the essentials to provide for your family? Do you have an emergency plan in place in the event that your utilities supply is cut off for an extended amount of time? How prepared are you? While you can't predict when a disaster will...
Just to say Thank You for checking out this Book I want to give you a copy of my upcoming special report "The Prepper's Supplies Guide for When Disast...
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Be Prepared for Anything: Building your survival plan
ISBN: 9781499152166 / Angielski / Miękka / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whether you believe an economic collapse is imminent, the power grid is doomed to fail or you preparing because you see how unsustainable this system really is we need to be prepared for anything. We can't afford to get blindsided by something because we were looking in a totally different direction. Preparedness should be a mindset, not a fad. To become a seasoned prepper we need to start from ground zero and work our way up, and we need to do it in a way that doesn't put us in the poor house. Preparing is also very personalized, there is no one way to build your food storage and no one way...
Whether you believe an economic collapse is imminent, the power grid is doomed to fail or you preparing because you see how unsustainable this system ...
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A Cloud Over Bhopal: Causes, Consequences and Constructive Solutions
ISBN: 9781603770897 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond
ISBN: 9781612346649 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In March 2011 a magnitude 9 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of northern Japan, triggering a massive tsunami and damaging a nearby nuclear reactor. Nearly twenty thousand people were killed or went missing, and many areas have yet to rebuild. Megaquake: How Japan and the World Should Respond, authored by the prolific and award-winning writer Tetsuo Takashima five years before this disaster, appears here for the first time in English. This edition of Megaquake has been updated with additional information, including a new chapter coauthored by Robert D. Eldridge,... In March 2011 a magnitude 9 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of northern Japan, triggering a massive tsunami and damaging a nearby nuclear r... |
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Hyogo Framework for Action and Urban Disaster Resilience
ISBN: 9781783509270 / Angielski / Twarda / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We live in a world which continues to experience dramatic suffering and loss of life due to natural hazard. The disaster paradigm has accelerated efforts towards resilience building, particularly since the adoption of the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), a ten year plan to build the resilience of nations and communities to disasters Urban areas present complexity and interconnectivity of various elements, and this needs to be considered when building the resilience of such areas to disasters. To address urban risks, local level disaster risk reduction (DRR) is of fundamental importance, not...
We live in a world which continues to experience dramatic suffering and loss of life due to natural hazard. The disaster paradigm has accelerated effo...
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Rebuilding Sustainable Communities After Disasters in China, Japan and Beyond
ISBN: 9781443858144 / Angielski / Twarda / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume examines lessons learned in reducing the impact of disasters on communities in China, Japan and other countries world-wide. Asia is the most disaster-prone continent. The 2012 data on natural disasters in 28 Asian countries, released by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Belgian-based Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters on December 11th, 2012 showed that, from 1950 to 2011, nine out of ten people affected by disasters globally were in Asia; that of the top five disasters that created the most damage in 2012, three were in China; that...
This volume examines lessons learned in reducing the impact of disasters on communities in China, Japan and other countries world-wide. Asia is the mo...
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Prepping A to Z The Book Series: C is for Cooking, Canning, Chickens, Compost, Camping, Checklists and Car Kits
ISBN: 9781499558029 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Fortnight In The Philippines
ISBN: 9781497499980 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Typhoon Haiyan was one of the largest typhoons ever recorded, and the largest typhoon to hit land. The Philippines suffered catastrophic damage from Typhoon Haiyan at the end of the rainy season in 2013. Over 11 million people in the Philippines were adversely affected by the typhoon. Thousands of people died, with over four times as many injured. Almost two thousand people went missing. The typhoon destroyed over two million homes, businesses, schools, hospitals, churches, and community centres. The world watched and responded as the typhoon tore through the Philippines. Relief organisations...
Typhoon Haiyan was one of the largest typhoons ever recorded, and the largest typhoon to hit land. The Philippines suffered catastrophic damage from T...
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The Survival Group Handbook: How to Plan, Organize and Lead People For a Short or Long Term Survival Situation
ISBN: 9781499652642 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Survival Group Handbook (formerly known as MAGS: The People Part of Prepping, see here for additional book reviews: http: //bit.ly/magsreviews) is the first and most comprehensive book ever written on the subject of survival with others. It is designed to walk you through all the steps required to safely and securely find, and work with other people just like you who realize that going it alone in a dark world is not an option. This guide is the instruction manual and reference textbook for the solo survivor, family or national organization regardless of size or mission. By employing the...
The Survival Group Handbook (formerly known as MAGS: The People Part of Prepping, see here for additional book reviews: http: //bit.ly/magsreviews) is...
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Local Disaster Risk Management in a Changing Climate: Perspective from Central America
ISBN: 9781783509355 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Disasters cause economic as well as human losses. Indeed, economic losses associated directly with disasters have continued at increasing proportions worldwide since the 1970s, as the 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction conducted by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) illustrates. Disaster losses due to single geological events sometimes appear much greater in magnitude than those attributed to climate-related disasters. Nonetheless, the overall trend for increasing loss can largely be attributed to the increase in climate-related...
"Disasters cause economic as well as human losses. Indeed, economic losses associated directly with disasters have continued at increasing proportions...
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The Frugal Prepper: Survival on a Budget
ISBN: 9781500544812 / Angielski / Miękka / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Prepare for Survival Without Breaking the Bank We all need to prep. Nobody knows what the future will bring. But, prepping doesn't need to cost you your life savings You don't need to spend money on every latest gadget and toy, every item marketed as a "must-have" or a "life-saver." The Frugal Prepper: Survival on a Budget will guide you and your family through the important steps and considerations that you need to begin prepping without spending a lot of money. If you are interested in learning how to protect your family from any and all of the inevitable disasters that could potentially...
Prepare for Survival Without Breaking the Bank We all need to prep. Nobody knows what the future will bring. But, prepping doesn't need to cost you y...
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Disaster Management: An Appraisal of Institutional Mechanisms in India
ISBN: 9789380502724 / Angielski / Twarda / 402 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The core theme of this study is analysis of the revamped institutional mechanism and the recent initiatives that are in the process of being implemented in the context of managing disasters in India. While discussing some of the major concerns relating to institutional mechanisms for managing disasters, the book provides inputs and recommends suitable measures to improve the overall framework. Recommendations are towards making the institutional mechanism, comprising the government and non-government organisations, community and as well as individuals, more responsive through a participative,...
The core theme of this study is analysis of the revamped institutional mechanism and the recent initiatives that are in the process of being implement...
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Survival Family Basics: The Begginer Prepper's Guide For When Disaster Strikes
ISBN: 9781500461942 / Angielski / Miękka / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Disasters often strike with little or no warning and can leave tremendous amount of destruction and ruin in their wake. Survivors, nevertheless; can get through even the toughest circumstances using the right information and tools. Knowing which type of disasters could affect your area will help your plan more thoroughly for the disaster. It lurks in the back of our minds, just beyond our ability to see it-the likelihood that a tear may open up in the life's fabric without any warning-devastating a skyscraper, house or an entire civilization. Today, almost nine out of ten Americans live in...
Disasters often strike with little or no warning and can leave tremendous amount of destruction and ruin in their wake. Survivors, nevertheless; can g...
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The Prepper's "Lights Out" Guide to Surviving with the Grid Down
ISBN: 9781500576950 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Just to say Thank You for checking out this Book I want to give you a copy of my upcoming special report "The Prepper's Supplies Guide for When Disaster Strikes." Go to www.SurvivalFamilyBasics.com to reserve your FREE copy now. Electric power is the foundation on which much of our modern world is built. From providing safe drinking water to heating our homes, electricity underpins almost everything we do. It has become essential to providing every necessity for human life and without it; many people will suffer and even die simply because they do not know how to live safe and healthy lives...
Just to say Thank You for checking out this Book I want to give you a copy of my upcoming special report "The Prepper's Supplies Guide for When Disast...
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The Prepper's Emergency First Aid & Survival Medicine Handbook
ISBN: 9781500579180 / Angielski / Miękka / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Just to say Thank You for checking out this Book I want to give you a copy of my upcoming special report "The Prepper's Supplies Guide for When Disaster Strikes" Go to www.SurvivalFamilyBasics.com to reserve your FREE copy now. Limiting the severity of destruction, whether from human or natural causes, begins with preparedness. Survival Family Basics - The Prepper's Emergency First Aid & Survival Medicine Handbook is the first tool to place in your Kit. This book contains proven steps and strategies, from over 25-years of Disaster Response and Emergency Preparedness, on how to build an...
Just to say Thank You for checking out this Book I want to give you a copy of my upcoming special report "The Prepper's Supplies Guide for When Disast...
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Prepping for Violence: The Self Defense Guide to Protect and Defend Your Family
ISBN: 9781500618308 / Angielski / Miękka / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. It doesn't take a history lesson to highlight the fact that when societies crumble, whether it's due to a localized natural disaster, the full scale dissolution of a country, or anything in between, and the rule of law falls away, our ability to defend our own lives and the lives of our families can be the difference between life and death. We only need to watch the news to see the truth in those words across the globe. If you consider what is at the heart of the desire to be prepared in times of crisis and disaster, it is always about protecting the ones we love and ensuring their survival....
It doesn't take a history lesson to highlight the fact that when societies crumble, whether it's due to a localized natural disaster, the full scale d...
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The Prepper's Guide to Drying, Canning and Preserving Your Own Survival Food
ISBN: 9781500618711 / Angielski / Miękka / 46 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. While a storeroom packed with number 10 cans might be the dream of every prepper family, it is not a reality for most of us. Between budgetary constraints and space limitations, many families simply don't have the extra cash available to invest large amounts of money in pre-packaged shelf-stable food that may never be used. This means we need to be creative and self-sufficient in order to meet our long term food storage goals. One of the best ways to cut the cost of meeting those goals is to grow, raise, and hunt your own food and then preserve it yourself. While you may not be able to can...
While a storeroom packed with number 10 cans might be the dream of every prepper family, it is not a reality for most of us. Between budgetary constra...
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