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The Next Catastrophe - Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters (Paperback, Revised... The Next Catastrophe - Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters (Paperback, Revised edition)
Charles Perrow
R515 Discovery Miles 5 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Charles Perrow is famous worldwide for his ideas about normal accidents, the notion that multiple and unexpected failures--catastrophes waiting to happen--are built into our society's complex systems. In "The Next Catastrophe," he offers crucial insights into how to make us safer, proposing a bold new way of thinking about disaster preparedness.

Perrow argues that rather than laying exclusive emphasis on protecting targets, we should reduce their size to minimize damage and diminish their attractiveness to terrorists. He focuses on three causes of disaster--natural, organizational, and deliberate--and shows that our best hope lies in the deconcentration of high-risk populations, corporate power, and critical infrastructures such as electric energy, computer systems, and the chemical and food industries. Perrow reveals how the threat of catastrophe is on the rise, whether from terrorism, natural disasters, or industrial accidents. Along the way, he gives us the first comprehensive history of FEMA and the Department of Homeland Security and examines why these agencies are so ill equipped to protect us.

"The Next Catastrophe" is a penetrating reassessment of the very real dangers we face today and what we must do to confront them. Written in a highly accessible style by a renowned systems-behavior expert, this book is essential reading for the twenty-first century. The events of September 11 and Hurricane Katrina--and the devastating human toll they wrought--were only the beginning. When the next big disaster comes, will we be ready? In a new preface to the paperback edition, Perrow examines the recent (and ongoing) catastrophes of the financial crisis, the BP oil spill, and global warming.

When Death Looks Upon You - A Survival and Preppers Guide (Paperback): Jason Eagle Atwell When Death Looks Upon You - A Survival and Preppers Guide (Paperback)
Jason Eagle Atwell
R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Ngo Care and Food Aid from America, 1945-80 - 'showered with Kindness'? (Paperback): Heike Wieters The Ngo Care and Food Aid from America, 1945-80 - 'showered with Kindness'? (Paperback)
Heike Wieters
R936 Discovery Miles 9 360 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book provides a historical account of the NGO CARE as one of the largest humanitarian NGOs worldwide from 1945 to 1980. Readers interested in international relations and humanitarian hunger prevention are provided with fascinating insights into the economic and business related aspects of Western non-governmental politics, fundraising and philanthropic giving in this field. Not only does the book contributes to ongoing research about the rise of NGOs in the international realm, it also offers very rich empirical material on the political implications of private and governmental international aid in a world marked by the order of the Cold War, decolonialization processes and the struggle of so called "Third World Countries" to catch up with modern Western consumer societies. This book is relevant to both United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 1, No poverty and 2, Zero hunger -- .

A History of Humanitarianism, 1755-1989 - In the Name of Others (Paperback): Silvia Salvatici A History of Humanitarianism, 1755-1989 - In the Name of Others (Paperback)
Silvia Salvatici
R658 Discovery Miles 6 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The book traces the history of international humanitarianism from the anti-slavery movement to the end of the cold war. It is based on an extensive survey of the international literature and is retold in an original narrative that relies on a close examination of the sources. The reconstruction of humanitarianism's long history unfolds around some crucial moments and events: the colonial expansion of European countries, the two world wars and their aftermaths, the emergence of a new postcolonial order. In terms of its contents, narrative style, interpretative approach the book is aimed at a large and diverse public including: scholars who are studying and teaching humanitarianism; students who need to learn about humanitarianism as part of their training or research; operators and volunteers who are engaged in the field; non-specialist readers who are interested in the topic because of its relevance to current events. -- .

Managing a Smooth Transition from Aid Dependence in Sub-Saharan Africa (Paperback): Carol Lancaster, Samuel Wangwe Managing a Smooth Transition from Aid Dependence in Sub-Saharan Africa (Paperback)
Carol Lancaster, Samuel Wangwe
R1,178 R778 Discovery Miles 7 780 Save R400 (34%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are among the poorest in the world with the largest proportions of their populations in poverty and the lowest indicators of social progress. Many of these same countries are also among the most aid dependent in the world. And yet there is evidence that aid in large quantities is a double-edged sword; large amounts of aid over an extended period of time can make the strong stronger and the weak weaker. What, then, is to be done about aid dependence in Africa?

In this essay, the culmination of a two-year collaborative study between ODC and the African Economic Research Consortium in Nairobi, the authors explore strategies for reducing aid and aid dependence in Sub-Saharan Africa. They begin by addressing four key questions related to a smooth transition from aid dependence in Africa: What is aid dependence? What are the causes and consequences of aid dependence? What has been the experience of particular countries with aid dependence? And, what are the most important elements that aid donors and recipients should consider in a strategy to reduce aid dependence?

Dr. Lancaster proposes a value-free definition of aid dependence, explores in detail the elements and impact dependence (especially on recipient institutions and organizations), develops empirical materials on aid dependence in individual African countries, and finally, proposes specific strategies for reducing aid dependence.

With the prospect of further decreases in aid to Africa and the rising concerns about the disappointing impact of large flows of aid to many African countries, it is timely and even urgent that the issue of reducing aid dependence be addressed. This essay makes an important contribution toward advancing this important task.

Calm The F*ck Down I'm a Maid - Swear Word Coloring Book For Adults: Humorous job Cusses, Snarky Comments, Motivating... Calm The F*ck Down I'm a Maid - Swear Word Coloring Book For Adults: Humorous job Cusses, Snarky Comments, Motivating Quotes & Relatable Maid Reflections for Work Anger Management, Stress Relief & Relaxation Mindful Book For Grown-ups (Paperback)
Swear Word Coloring Book
R217 Discovery Miles 2 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Project - it: Hassle-Free Living! (Paperback): Jillionsing Project - it: Hassle-Free Living! (Paperback)
Jillionsing
R266 Discovery Miles 2 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Hurricane Crisis - Outside the ocean (Paperback): Nicholas Felix Hurricane Crisis - Outside the ocean (Paperback)
Nicholas Felix
R148 Discovery Miles 1 480 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Norway and National Liberation in Southern Africa (Paperback): Tore Linne Eriksen Norway and National Liberation in Southern Africa (Paperback)
Tore Linne Eriksen
R682 Discovery Miles 6 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book documents and analyses the involvement of Norway in the liberation struggle in Southern Africa. Apart from focussing on the formulation of official policies and the extensive cooperation with the liberation movements in the field of humanitarian assistance, mainly based on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs records, the study highlights the popular involvement and commitment to the struggle. Separate chapters are concerned with the churches, trade unions and solidarity movements, such as the Norwegian Council for Southern Africa and the Namibia Committee. The book also includes a case study on the battle for sanctions.The Study forms part of the Nordic Africa Institute's research and documentation project "National Liberation in Southern Africa: The Role of the Nordic Countries."

The Good Project - Humanitarian Relief NGOs and the Fragmentation of Reason (Paperback): Monika Krause The Good Project - Humanitarian Relief NGOs and the Fragmentation of Reason (Paperback)
Monika Krause
R780 Discovery Miles 7 800 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

NGOs set out to save lives, relieve suffering, and service basic human needs. They are committed to serving people across national borders and without regard to race, ethnicity, gender, or religion, and they offer crucial help during earthquakes, tsunamis, wars, and pandemics. But with so many ailing areas in need of assistance, how do these organizations decide where to go--and who gets the aid?
In" The Good Project," Monika Krause dives into the intricacies of the decision-making process at NGOs and uncovers a basic truth: It may be the case that relief agencies try to help people but, in practical terms, the main focus of their work is to produce projects. Agencies sell projects to key institutional donors, and in the process the project and its beneficiaries become commodities. In an effort to guarantee a successful project, organizations are incentivized to help those who are easy to help, while those who are hardest to help often receive no assistance at all. The poorest of the world are made to compete against each other to become projects--and in exchange they offer legitimacy to aid agencies and donor governments. Sure to be controversial, "The Good Project" offers a provocative new perspective on how NGOs succeed and fail on a local and global level.

Shtf Survival - The Skills and Mindset to Survive When the World Collapses (The Prepper's Guide to Food and Water Storage... Shtf Survival - The Skills and Mindset to Survive When the World Collapses (The Prepper's Guide to Food and Water Storage for Disaster Preparedness) (Paperback)
Jeffrey Doak
R500 R408 Discovery Miles 4 080 Save R92 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Mayor and The Judge - The Inside Story of the War Against COVID (Hardcover): Judge Nelson W Wolff The Mayor and The Judge - The Inside Story of the War Against COVID (Hardcover)
Judge Nelson W Wolff; Foreword by Mayor Ron Nirenberg
R943 R765 Discovery Miles 7 650 Save R178 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Trouble With Africa - Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working (Paperback, UK ed.): Robert Calderisi The Trouble With Africa - Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working (Paperback, UK ed.)
Robert Calderisi
R428 Discovery Miles 4 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Calderisi shows that Africa has steadily lost markets by its own mismanagement; that corrupt, dictatorial regimes have hobbled agriculture, enterprise and foreign investment; that African family values and fatalism are more destructive than tribalism; and that African leaders prey intentionally on Western guilt. Calderisi exposes the shortcomings and indulgences of foreign aid and debt relief, and proposes his own radical solutions. Drawing on many years of first hand experience, "The Trouble with Africa" highlights issues which have been ignored by Africa's leaders but have long worried ordinary Africans, diplomats, academics, business leaders, aid workers, volunteers and missionaries. It ripples with stories which only someone who has talked directly to African farmers - and heads of state - could recount.

Social Network Analysis of Disaster Response, Recovery, and Adaptation (Paperback): Eric C. Jones, A. J. Faas Social Network Analysis of Disaster Response, Recovery, and Adaptation (Paperback)
Eric C. Jones, A. J. Faas
R1,738 Discovery Miles 17 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Social Network Analysis of Disaster Response, Recovery, and Adaptation covers systematic social network analysis and how people and institutions function in disasters, after disasters, and the ways they adapt to hazard settings. As hazards become disasters, the opportunities and constraints for maintaining a safe and secure life and livelihood become too strained for many people. Anecdotally, and through many case studies, we know that social interactions exacerbate or mitigate those strains, necessitating a concerted, intellectual effort to understand the variation in how ties within, and outside, communities respond and are affected by hazards and disasters.

Catastrophic Declaration Proposal For National Disasters & Emergencies (Hardcover, New): Landon West, Adrian Porter Catastrophic Declaration Proposal For National Disasters & Emergencies (Hardcover, New)
Landon West, Adrian Porter
R2,764 Discovery Miles 27 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Robert T Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Stafford Act) authorises the President to issue major disaster or emergency declarations in response to catastrophes in the United States that overwhelm state and local governments. This book examines concerns expressed by policymakers and experts that current Stafford Act declarations are inadequate to respond to, and recover from, and presents the arguments for and against amending the act to add a catastrophic declaration amendment.

Assessing the Impact of Foreign Aid - Value for Money and Aid for Trade (Paperback): Viktor Jakupec, Max Kelly Assessing the Impact of Foreign Aid - Value for Money and Aid for Trade (Paperback)
Viktor Jakupec, Max Kelly
R1,239 R1,167 Discovery Miles 11 670 Save R72 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Assessing the Impact of Foreign Aid: Value for Money and Aid for Trade provides updated information on how to improve foreign aid programs, exploring the concept and practice of impact assessment within the sometimes-unproblematic approaches advocated in current literature of value for money and aid for trade. Contributors from multi-lateral agencies and NGOs discuss the changing patterns of Official Development Assistance and their effects on impact assessment, providing theoretical, political, structural, methodological, and practical frameworks, discussions, and a theory-practice nexus. With twin foci of economics and policy this book raises the potential for making sophisticated and coherent decisions on aid allocation to developing countries.

Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia (Paperback): Rajib Shaw, Atta-ur Rahman, Akhilesh Surjan, Gulsan Ara Parvin Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia (Paperback)
Rajib Shaw, Atta-ur Rahman, Akhilesh Surjan, Gulsan Ara Parvin
R1,626 R1,510 Discovery Miles 15 100 Save R116 (7%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia presents the latest information on the intensity and frequency of disasters. Specifically, the fact that, in urban areas, more than 50% of the world's population is living on just 2% of the land surface, with most of these cities located in Asia and developing countries that have high vulnerability and intensification. The book offers an in-depth and multidisciplinary approach to reducing the impact of disasters by examining specific evidence from events in these areas that can be used to develop best practices and increase urban resilience worldwide. As urban resilience is largely a function of resilient and resourceful citizens, building cities which are more resilient internally and externally can lead to more productive economic returns. In an era of rapid urbanization and increasing disaster risks and vulnerabilities in Asian cities, Urban Disasters and Resilience in Asia is an invaluable tool for policy makers, researchers, and practitioners working in both public and private sectors.

Iowa Belle (Paperback): Alan Creel Iowa Belle (Paperback)
Alan Creel; Contributions by Tyler D Creel
R441 R365 Discovery Miles 3 650 Save R76 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Facilitating the Future? - US Aid, European Integration and Irish Industrial Viability, 1948-73 (Paperback): Peter Murray Facilitating the Future? - US Aid, European Integration and Irish Industrial Viability, 1948-73 (Paperback)
Peter Murray
R746 Discovery Miles 7 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

After the Second World War the Irish state maintained the high industrial tariffs of the 1930s, despite the inefficiency of its protected industries. Such inefficiency fed into the crisis of economic stagnation and mass emigration that engulfed the Republic in the 1950s. As EEC entry became the state's goal, adapting and upgrading Irish industries for free trade conditions loomed large in the 1960s. These ends were pursued through technical assistance schemes and a productivity drive - innovations introduced to the Irish state by the US Marshall Plan. This book looks at this neglected aspect of post-war Irish history and analyzes the social, political, and economic effects of the policies pursued.

Be Still and Soar Finding Strength and Solace in Any Storm (Paperback): Nora Plesent Be Still and Soar Finding Strength and Solace in Any Storm (Paperback)
Nora Plesent
R397 R330 Discovery Miles 3 300 Save R67 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Backwash of War (Hardcover): Ellen N Lamotte The Backwash of War (Hardcover)
Ellen N Lamotte
R861 Discovery Miles 8 610 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Leading to Disaster (Paperback): Scott Macaulay Leading to Disaster (Paperback)
Scott Macaulay
R353 Discovery Miles 3 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Disaster Management: Planning for Emergencies (Hardcover): Kenneth Parker Disaster Management: Planning for Emergencies (Hardcover)
Kenneth Parker
R3,659 R3,159 Discovery Miles 31 590 Save R500 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Foreign Aid - Control, Corrupt, Contain? (Paperback, Illustrated Ed): Andrew A Bealinger Foreign Aid - Control, Corrupt, Contain? (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
Andrew A Bealinger
R1,740 R1,338 Discovery Miles 13 380 Save R402 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Foreign aid has long become a misnomer. It might properly be called 'foreign policy with funds'. Foreign aid packages have become tools to help reign in countries who disagree with this or that foreign policy, to allow leaders of those receiving countries to become privately wealthy and thus beholden to the donor country, and to stipulate that up to 40 per cent of the total 'aid' must be in the form of contracts to companies from the donor country who are often politically tied to the political administration of the donor country. This book provides the background information on important aspects of foreign aid.

First Due Trench Rescue (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): James B. Gargan First Due Trench Rescue (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
James B. Gargan
R1,215 Discovery Miles 12 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This vital new resource demonstrates the tools and techniques necessary to safely and successfully carry out a trench rescue operation. Chapters include assessment, hazard control, support operations, emergency care, disentanglement, removal and transfer, as well as a glossary of key terms.

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