Disasters & Disaster Relief
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In her controversial, no-holds-barred exposé Linda Polman shows how a vast industry has grown up around humanitarian aid. The Crisis Caravan takes us to war...
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September 11. . . Virginia Tech . . . Columbine . . . Hurricane Katrina . . . Traumatic events with long lasting consequences. Lives are upended, safety is...
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On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing eleven workers and creating the largest oil spill in the history of U.S. offshore...
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Overcoming Katrina tells the stories of 27 New Orleanians as they fought to survive Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. Their oral histories offer first-hand...
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Finalist for the 2010 "OUTSTANDING BOOK AWARD" from the American Educational Research Association’s Qualitative SIG.
This volume introduces a fresh approach...
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This book is a bold and exciting exploration of the relationship and interactions between humans, the human landscape and the earth, looking at a diverse range...
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Innovation in the world institutions and global politics as well as in the physical environment and practices of the contemporary societies has raised the need...
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Stress testing is a long established procedure that is used to show how a system responds to pressure and, if carried far enough, a system's weak spots. Stress...
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This edited collection brings together internationally recognized scholars to explore Green Criminology through interdisciplinary lenses of power, justice and...
Disaster
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“[A] tightly crafted, very readable book . . . the best in-depth contemporary analysis we are going to get.”
—Stephen Flynn, The Washington Post
When...
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Hurricane Katrina of August-September 2005, one of the most destructive natural disasters in U.S. history, dramatically illustrated the continuing racial and...
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A systematic guide to the central problems involved in humanitarian action.
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A detailed analysis of the recent human rights and humanitarian interventions in Sudan and Somalia, examining those that have worked and those that have not....
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The Aid Triangle focuses on the human dynamics of international aid and illustrates how the aid system incorporates power relationships, and therefore...
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Following the 2010 earthquake catastrophe, this book examines the economic and political challenges facing Haiti. It presents an overview of the country’s...
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Told through the voices of local community leaders, this book analyzes how communities respond to natural disasters and how outsiders contribute positively--or...
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The sociology of hazardous waste, risk, and disasters is a relatively new discipline with an increasing volume of empirical research by scholars. Francis O....
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On January 12, 2010, the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck the nation least prepared to handle it. Jonathan M. Katz, the...
