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Economic and Natural Disasters since 1900
John Singleton
In the wake of the global financial and Eurozone upheavals this timely book argues that the disaster cycle – a framework normally used in the context of natural disasters – is equally applicable to the analysis of other types of catastro...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Gender, Development and Disasters
Sarah Bradshaw
‘Once in a while a book is published which offers an empirically and theoretically informed analysis of an under-studied topic which helps to carve out a new field of enquiry. Such is the case with Dr Sarah Bradshaw’s breathtakingly deta...eBook:Find out more$27.16
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![National Economic Impact Analysis of Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters]()
National Economic Impact Analysis of Terrorist Attacks and Natural Disasters
Edited by Harry W. Richardson, Jiyoung Park, James E. Moore II, Qisheng Pan
‘The NIEMO development effort is as ambitious as any in regional science. In addition to immense data handling issues faced are the numerous conceptual and theoretical hurdles these researchers have cleared so adeptly. The volume’s chapt...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Regulating Disasters, Climate Change and Environmental Harm]()
Regulating Disasters, Climate Change and Environmental Harm
Edited by Michael Faure, Andri Wibisana
‘In Regulating Disasters, Climate Change and Environmental Harm Michael Faure and Andri Wibisana bring together insightful analyses of how developing countries can manage serious hazards. Natural disasters have long been threats to devel...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Islands at Risk?
John Connell
This insightful book provides a wide ranging analysis of contemporary economic, social, political and environmental change in small islands and territories, through every ocean, and the small island states. It examines the decline of agr...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Managing Food Safety and Hygiene
Bridget M. Hutter
‘One of the most thorough and considered studies we have of the relationship between regulation and business risk management practices. Food regulation provides a revealing canvas for understanding the dynamics of the governance of risk....eBook:Find out more$39.16
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Governing Disasters
Edited by Alberto Alemanno
‘This comprehensive edited volume makes an important and much needed contribution to an increasingly important dimension of risk assessment and management, namely emergency risk regulation. Drawing upon the responses of government, busin...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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The Asian Tsunami
Sisira Jayasuriya, Peter McCawley
‘The Asian Tsunami is designed for all those interested in the issues of aid delivery. However, I do suggest this book should also be essential reading for all politicians and journalists concerned with the issue.’ – Nicholas Newman, Oxf...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![The Political Economy of Hurricane Katrina and Community Rebound]()
The Political Economy of Hurricane Katrina and Community Rebound
Edited by Emily Chamlee-Wright, Virgil Henry Storr
In 2005 Hurricane Katrina posed an unprecedented set of challenges to formal and informal systems of disaster response and recovery. Informed by the Virginia School of Political Economy, the contributors to this study critically examine ...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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![Distributional Impacts of Climate Change and Disasters]()
Distributional Impacts of Climate Change and Disasters
Edited by Matthias Ruth, María E. Ibarrarán
‘Readers who want more than just the results will find themselves perusing the copious references lists for each section. The interdisciplinary nature of these essays makes this volume highly accessible and worthwhile for economics as we...eBook:Find out more$40.00
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Natural Disaster Analysis after Hurricane Katrina
Edited by Harry W, Richardson, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II
This influential book explores the key policy implications arising from Hurricane Katrina. Leading scholars from fields as diverse as decision analysis, risk management, economics, engineering, transportation, urban planning and sociolog... -
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![The Economic Costs and Consequences of Terrorism]()
The Economic Costs and Consequences of Terrorism
Edited by Harry W Richardson, Peter Gordon, James E. Moore II
‘This volume raises many important questions and is a valuable addition to the empirical literature on the economics of terrorism. Individuals charged with thinking about the design of appropriate counterterrorism and disaster management...eBook:Find out more$65.60
