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The Deep Dark: Disaster and Redemption in America's Richest Silver Mine
ISBN: 9780307238771 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For nearly a century, Kellogg, Idaho, was home to America s richest silver mine, Sunshine Mine. Mining there, as everywhere, was not an easy life, but regardless of the risk, there was something about being underground, the lure of hitting a deep vein of silver. The promise of good money and the intense bonds of friendship brought men back year after year. Mining is about being a man and a fighter in a job where tomorrow always brings the hope of a big score.
On May 2, 1972, 174 miners entered Sunshine Mine on their daily quest for silver. Aboveground, safety engineer Bob Launhardt sat in... For nearly a century, Kellogg, Idaho, was home to America s richest silver mine, Sunshine Mine. Mining there, as everywhere, was not an easy life, but...
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Recovering from Catastrophes: Federal Disaster Relief Policy and Politics
ISBN: 9780313246982 / Angielski / Twarda / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines the evolution of federal disaster relief policy, assesses problems with current policy, and provides an understanding of the issues likely to be involved in future deliberations about federal policy. While examining its formulation, May describes this policy making in two different political environments: the charged atmosphere immediately following the catastrophe and, secondly, the calm between catastrophes. Local, state, and federal government conflicts are illustrated in a case study of Mount St. Helens; intergovernmental partnerships in this arena are discussed in... This book examines the evolution of federal disaster relief policy, assesses problems with current policy, and provides an understanding of the iss... |
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315,00 |
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Handbook of Disaster Research
ISBN: 9780387739526 / Angielski / Miękka / 611 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Recent disasters, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, bomb explosions in London, Hurricane Katrina, the Pakistan Earthquake, floods in Central America, and landslides in Indonesia, among many others, have resulted in an extensive loss of life, social disruption, significant economic impacts to local and national economies, and have made headline news in countries throughout the world. Thus the Handbook of Disaster Research is a timely and much needed contribution to the field of disasters. The editors of this Handbook have brought together a comprehensive and... Recent disasters, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, bomb explosions in London, Hurricane Katrina, the Pakistan Earthquake, floods in Central A... |
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407,25 |
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Food Aid After Fifty Years: Recasting Its Role
ISBN: 9780415701242 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyzes the impact food aid programmes have had over the past fifty years, assessing the current situation as well as future prospects. Issues such as political expediency, the impact of international trade and exchange rates are put under the microscope to provide the reader with a greater understanding of this important subject matter.
This book will prove vital to students of development economics and development studies and those working in the field. This book analyzes the impact food aid programmes have had over the past fifty years, assessing the current situation as well as future prospects. Iss...
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847,88 |
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Food Aid After Fifty Years: Recasting its Role
ISBN: 9780415701259 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book analyzes the impact food aid programmes have had over the past fifty years, assessing the current situation as well as future prospects. Issues such as political expediency, the impact of international trade and exchange rates are put under the microscope to provide the reader with a greater understanding of this important subject matter. This book will prove vital to students of development economics and development studies and those working in the field.
This book analyzes the impact food aid programmes have had over the past fifty years, assessing the current situation as well as future prospects. Iss...
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393,96 |
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A Framework for Survival: Health, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Assistance in Conflicts and Disasters
ISBN: 9780415922357 / Angielski / Miękka / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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234,36 |
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Report from Ground Zero
ISBN: 9780452283954 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The tragic events of September 11, 2001, forever altered the American landscape, both figuratively and literally. Immediately after the jets struck the twin towers of the World Trade Center, Dennis Smith, a former firefighter, reported to Manhattan s Ladder Co. 16 to volunteer in the rescue efforts. In the weeks that followed, Smith was present on the front lines, attending to the wounded, sifting through the wreckage, and mourning with New York s devastated fire and police departments.
This is Smith s vivid account of the rescue efforts by the fire and police departments and emergency... The tragic events of September 11, 2001, forever altered the American landscape, both figuratively and literally. Immediately after the jets struck th...
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94,25 |
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Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster
ISBN: 9780465017720 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, hundreds of thousands were left behind to suffer the ravages of destruction, disease, and even death. The majority of these people were black; nearly all were poor. The Federal government's slow response to local appeals for help is by now notorious. Yet despite the cries of outrage that have mounted since the levees broke, we have failed to confront the disaster's true lesson: to be poor, or black, in today's ownership society, is to be left behind. Displaying the intellectual rigor, political passion, and personal empathy...
When Hurricane Katrina tore through New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, hundreds of thousands were left behind to suffer the ravages of destruction, disea...
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86,35 |
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Wall of Flame: The Heroic Battle to Save Southern California
ISBN: 9780471696568 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A dramatic look from the front lines at the most devastating fire siege in California history With over seven miles of urban/wildland interface unburned for thirty years and beautiful homes lacing in and out of its picturesque hilly terrain, Rancho Cucamonga was a powder keg--one that finally exploded in October 2003 with a ferocity no one could have expected. Now, Erich Krauss brings you to the ever-shifting front lines of the battle against the catastrophic inferno, the rugged terrain, and the ferocious winds, where municipal and wildland firefighters joined forces to save thousands of...
A dramatic look from the front lines at the most devastating fire siege in California history With over seven miles of urban/wildland interface un...
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97,98 |
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Wiley Pathways Introduction to Emergency Management
ISBN: 9780471772606 / Angielski / Miękka / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. You can get there
Where do you want to go? You might already be working in the emergency management field, and may be looking to expand your skills. You might be setting out on a new career path. Or, you might want to learn more about exciting opportunities in emergency management. Wherever you want to go, Hazard Mitigation and Preparedness will help you get there. Easy-to-read, practical, and up-to-date, this text not only helps you learn fundamental hazard mitigation concepts, it also helps... You can get there
Where do you want to go? You might already be working in the emergency management field, and may be looking t... |
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Thoughts on Fire: Life Lessons of a Volunteer Firefighter
ISBN: 9780595297238 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. They can walk through fire. They would sacrifice their own lives to save yours.
In the tradition of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Thoughts on Fire" is a meditation on how to live a life that matters. Drawing on his dual life as a philosophy professor and firefighter, "Dr. Frank" begins a journey not just into the fire, but inside himself. The lessons of this voyage are not just about axes and hoses but hope, forgiveness and love. "As a professor and a firefighter, Dr. McCluskey shifts gears easily between the metaphysical and the macho, pontificating in a pin striped... They can walk through fire. They would sacrifice their own lives to save yours.
In the tradition of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, T... |
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70,49 |
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The First 72 Hours: A Community Approach to Disaster Preparedness
ISBN: 9780595310845 / Angielski / Miękka / 582 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Measuring Disaster Preparedness: A Practical Guide to Indicator Development and Application
ISBN: 9780595317080 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Measuring Disaster Preparedness" is the seminal work on using measurement to manage the disaster preparation process. Its audience is that diverse group of local leaders and public servants whom communities of various types and sizes will hold to account to plan for, mitigate, and if necessary, respond to natural--and unnatural--disasters.
Written by a seasoned expert with almost two decades of institutional and field experience in indicator development and application, "Measuring Disaster Preparedness "describes the elements of performance measurement, and provides guidance on how to... "Measuring Disaster Preparedness" is the seminal work on using measurement to manage the disaster preparation process. Its audience is that diverse gr...
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The First 72 Hours: A Community Approach to Disaster Preparedness
ISBN: 9780595662586 / Angielski / Twarda / 582 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "The First 72 Hours" is the seminal anthology of the perspectives of public and private sector leaders who came together after September 11, 2001 to design more disaster-resilient communities. Under the umbrella of the Suburban Emergency Management Project, these leaders learned from national experts and one another that all disasters are intensely local at first and that most communities are "on their own" immediately following disaster impact--often for as long as 72 hours. This new awareness mandated updating strategies to improve disaster preparedness, particularly in light of the threat...
"The First 72 Hours" is the seminal anthology of the perspectives of public and private sector leaders who came together after September 11, 2001 to d...
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205,38 |
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Thoughts on Fire: Life Lessons of a Volunteer Firefighter
ISBN: 9780595757909 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. They can walk through fire. They would sacrifice their own lives to save yours.
In the tradition of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Thoughts on Fire" is a meditation on how to live a life that matters. Drawing on his dual life as a philosophy professor and firefighter, "Dr. Frank" begins a journey not just into the fire, but inside himself. The lessons of this voyage are not just about axes and hoses but hope, forgiveness and love. "As a professor and a firefighter, Dr. McCluskey shifts gears easily between the metaphysical and the macho, pontificating in a pin striped suit... They can walk through fire. They would sacrifice their own lives to save yours.
In the tradition of "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Tho... |
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109,76 |
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Measuring Disaster Preparedness: A Practical Guide to Indicator Development and Application
ISBN: 9780595768875 / Angielski / Twarda / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Measuring Disaster Preparedness" is the seminal work on using measurement to manage the disaster preparation process. Its audience is that diverse group of local leaders and public servants whom communities of various types and sizes will hold to account to plan for, mitigate, and if necessary, respond to natural--and unnatural--disasters.
Written by a seasoned expert with almost two decades of institutional and field experience in indicator development and application, "Measuring Disaster Preparedness "describes the elements of performance measurement, and provides guidance on how to... "Measuring Disaster Preparedness" is the seminal work on using measurement to manage the disaster preparation process. Its audience is that diverse gr...
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97,98 |
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Peacekeeping and the Un Agencies
ISBN: 9780714648972 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The speed, impact and extent of humanitarian emergencies - many of them militarized - has broadened the compass as well as increased the number of United Nations peacekeeping missions. As peace support operations, humanitarian intervention and other variants of traditional peacekeeping arise, practitioners and analyists have struggled to keep pace, conceptually as well as operationally.
The speed, impact and extent of humanitarian emergencies - many of them militarized - has broadened the compass as well as increased the number of Uni...
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847,88 |
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Auckland Unplugged: Coping with Critical Infrastructure Failure
ISBN: 9780739104866 / Angielski / Twarda / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Virtually all of the socio-technical systems that maintain public order, quality of life, and commerce depend on a reliable electric supply, and critical infrastructure failures such as "blackouts" have profound implications for citizens and for those who govern in their name. Social scientists have noted the impact of such failures on society, and undertake the study of crisis management to improve our knowledge of why critical systems fail and how such systems can be made more reliable. Auckland Unplugged is a major contribution to this field. Using the 1998 blackout of the central business...
Virtually all of the socio-technical systems that maintain public order, quality of life, and commerce depend on a reliable electric supply, and criti...
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448,88 |
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Auckland Unplugged: Coping with Critical Infrastructure Failure
ISBN: 9780739107744 / Angielski / Miękka / 218 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Virtually all of the socio-technical systems that maintain public order, quality of life, and commerce depend on a reliable electric supply, and critical infrastructure failures such as 'blackouts' have profound implications for citizens and for those who govern in their name. Social scientists have noted the impact of such failures on society, and undertake the study of crisis management to improve our knowledge of why critical systems fail and how such systems can be made more reliable. Auckland Unplugged is a major contribution to this field. Using the 1998 blackout of the central business...
Virtually all of the socio-technical systems that maintain public order, quality of life, and commerce depend on a reliable electric supply, and criti...
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189,47 |
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Racing the Storm: Racial Implications and Lessons Learned from Hurricane Katrina
ISBN: 9780739119747 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Racing the Storm addresses how racial stratification continues to be a factor in U.S. society and was exposed by Hurricane Katrina. The continuing significance of race is examined by considering public opinion, media representations, and government and volunteer response before, during, and after the storm.
Racing the Storm addresses how racial stratification continues to be a factor in U.S. society and was exposed by Hurricane Katrina. The continuing sig...
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