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Books > Earth & environment > The environment > Environmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena
This publication aims to guide policy makers and other stakeholders
on how to scale up disaster risk reduction financing in developing
member countries of the Asian Development Bank. Disaster events
impact Asia and the Pacific more than any other region in the
world. In light of current and future climate and disaster risks,
there is an urgent need to address the region's underinvestment in
disaster risk and reduction. The publication provides an overview
of financing opportunities for developing Asia-including
instruments and mechanisms-as well as country case studies and
practical tips for governments to implement enhanced disaster risk
reduction.
Research presented at the 7th International Conference on Disaster
Management and Human Health: Reducing Risk, Improving Outcomes is
contained in this volume. These contributions from academics and
experts focus on public health, security and disaster management
with the goal to assess the potential risk from various types of
disaster and highlight ways to prevent or alleviate any damage.
There is a need for academia and practitioners to exchange
knowledge and experience on the way to handle the increasing risk
of natural and human-made disasters. Recent major earthquakes,
tsunamis, hurricanes, floods and other natural phenomena have
resulted in huge losses in terms of human life and property
destruction. A new range of human-made disasters have afflicted
humanity in modern times; terrorist activities have been added to
more classical disasters such as those due to the failure of
industrial installations for instance. It is important to
understand the nature of these global risks to be able to develop
strategies to prepare for these events and plan effective responses
in terms of disaster management and the associated human health
impacts. The papers included in this volume cover such topics as
Public health risk; Socio-economic issues; Environmental issues;
Emergency preparedness and risk mitigation.
Describes the severe earthquake which changed the course of the Mississippi River in several places, destroyed timberlands, drained swamps, and formed lakes.
On 30 January 1607 a huge wave, over 7 meters high, swept up the
River Severn, flooding the land on either side. The wall of water
reached as far in land as Bristol and Cardiff. It swept away
everything in its path, devastating communities and killing
thousands of people in what was Britain's greatest natural
disaster. Historian and geographer Mike Hall pieces together the
contemporary accounts and the surviving physical evidence to
present, for the first time, a comprehensive picture of what
actually happened on that fateful day and its consequences. He also
examines the possible causes of the disaster: was it just a storm
surge or was it, in fact, the only recorded instance of a tsunami
in Britain.
China is in flux but - as argued by the contributors to this volume
- change is neither new to China nor is it unique to that country;
similar patterns are found in other times and in other places.
Indeed, on the basis of concrete case studies (ranging from
Confucius to the Vagina Monologues, from Protestant missionaries to
the Chinese avant-garde) and drawing on theoretical insights from
different disciplines, the contributors assert that change may be
planned but the outcome can never be predicted with any confidence.
Rather, there exist creative spaces within which people, ideas and
systems interact with uncertain outcomes. As such, by identifying a
more sophisticated approach to the complex issues of change,
cultural encounters and so-called globalization, this volume not
only offers new insights to scholars of other geo-cultural regions;
it also throws light on the workings of our 'global' and
'transnational' lives today, in the past and in the future.
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Zeitoun
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Dave Eggers
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WINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD AND THE LA TIMES BOOK AWARD
'Masterly. Brilliantly crafted, powerfully written and deftly
reported' Guardian The urgent and unforgettable true story of
post-Katrina New Orleans . . . In August 2005, as Hurricane Katrina
blew in, the city of New Orleans has been abandoned by most
citizens. But resident Abdulrahman Zeitoun, though his wife and
family had gone, refused to leave. For days he traversed an
apocalyptic landscape of flooded streets by canoe. But eventually
he came to the attention of those 'guarding' this drowned city.
Only then did Zeitoun's nightmare really begin. Zeitoun is the
powerful, ultimately uplifting true story of one man's courage when
confronted with an awesome force of nature followed by more
troubling human oppression. 'Eggers uses Zeitoun's eyes to report
on America's reasonless post-Katrina world, Reminiscent of Gabriel
Garcia Marquez's documentaries, this is a true story told with the
skills of a master of fiction. Immensely readable' Independent 'The
stuff of great narrative non-fiction. Fifty years from now, when
people want to know what happened to this once-great city, they
will be talking about a family named Zeitoun' The New York Times
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