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Hardback. Editor(s): Masys, Anthony J. Series: Advanced Sciences and Technologies for Security Applications. Num Pages: 325 pages, 29 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, 23 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; PHU; RNR; TH; TNKS; UR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319279138
- ISBN
- 9783319279138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.81
€ 124.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Kundu, Anjan. Num Pages: 330 pages, 170 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBWR; PHDF; PHVG; RBKC; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 1st ed. Softcover of orig. ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642090325
- ISBN
- 9783642090325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 186.98
€ 186.98
Hardback. Editor(s): Shi, Peijun. Series: IHDP/Future Earth-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series. Num Pages: 299 pages, 141 black & white illustrations, 97 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFFC; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 619.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783662502686
- ISBN
- 9783662502686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.42
€ 123.42
Paperback. Editor(s): Shaw, Rajib. Series: Disaster Risk Reduction. Num Pages: 204 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 35 colour illustrations, 18 black & white tables, 4 colou. BIC Classification: JFC; RNF; RNR; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag, Japan Japan
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784431563730
- ISBN
- 9784431563730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.64
€ 121.64
Hardback. This book presents new approaches to seismic risk estimation and forecasting the damage caused by all types of earthquakes. It examines trends in the costs inferred by damage as related to changing social and economic situations for different regions. Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research. Num Pages: 190 pages, 15 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PDE; PHVG; RNR; TBJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048191703
- ISBN
- 9789048191703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.56
€ 126.56
Hardcover. In developed countries, the pervasive view of floods is that science and technology have largely brought these unpredictable disasters under safe control. This book shows that this is simply not so, and that floods are anything but controlled. Num Pages: 394 pages, references, tables. BIC Classification: JFFC; RNR; TQS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 184 x 28. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 394
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471952480
- ISBN
- 9780471952480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 262.02
€ 262.02
Paperback. This book offers a new approach to mapping populations, infrastructures and communities at risk, using remote sensing, GIS and census data to better grasp flood vulnerability in megacities of developing countries. Includes a case study of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Series: Springer Geography. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 27 colour illustrations, 37 black & white tables, biograp. BIC Classification: RGW; RNR; RP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 355.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400794573
- ISBN
- 9789400794573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.57
€ 121.57
Paperback. This book provides a critical perspective on people's response to disasters in the Philippines. It draws upon an array of case studies to discuss people's vulnerability, capacities and resilience in facing a wide range of different hazards. Series: Disaster Studies. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JFC; JFF; JHB; RGC; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349503452
- ISBN
- 9781349503452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.06
€ 63.06
Hardcover. Offers a survey of the natural calamities that have altered the course of human history. This reference features approximately 600 entries organized by disaster type, then alphabetized by the name of the country in which the event occurred. It also offers insight into the background of each event and its impact on mankind and the environment. Num Pages: 464 pages, 63 black-&-white photographs, index, bibliography, cross-references, chronologies, furthe. BIC Classification: GBC; JFFC; RBP; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1583.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Facts on File
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816070008
- ISBN
- 9780816070008
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.53€ 89.52
€ 99.53
€ 89.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 195 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 4 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JHBC; MBN; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319383828
- ISBN
- 9783319383828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.55
€ 121.55
Hardcover. Num Pages: 430 pages, tables & charts. BIC Classification: RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 188 x 29. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608761531
- ISBN
- 9781608761531
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.61€ 115.23
€ 168.61
€ 115.23
Hardback. Contains presentations made at the Second International Conference on Earthquake Hazard and Seismic Risk Reduction held in Yerevan, Armenia, on 14-21 September 1998. This book is suitable for seismologists, geophysicists, earth scientists, engineers, architects, and psychologists interested in earthquake hazard and seismic risk research. Editor(s): Balassanian, Serguei; Cisternas, Armando; Melkumyan, Mikael. Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research. Num Pages: 447 pages, 314 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: GPS; JFFC; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 824.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 447
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792363903
- ISBN
- 9780792363903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.00
€ 189.00
Hardback. Post-Tsunami Hazard Editor(s): Santiago-Fandino, Vicente; Kontar, Yevgeniy; Kaneda, Yoshiyuki. Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research. Num Pages: 346 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 137 colour illustrations, 26 black & white tables, biogra. BIC Classification: RNR; RP; TBC; TQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319102016
- ISBN
- 9783319102016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.94
€ 123.94
Hardback. The need for tsunami research and analysis has grown dramatically following the devastating tsunami of December 2004, which affected Southern Asia. This book pursues a theoretical and mathematical analysis of the fundamentals of tsunamis, especially the evolution and dynamics of tsunamis and other great waves. Editor(s): Kundu, Anjan. Num Pages: 330 pages, 170 black & white illustrations, 12 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: PBWR; PHDF; PHVG; RBKC; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783540712558
- ISBN
- 9783540712558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.13
€ 187.13
Hardback. This volume examines lakes as oscillators. It covers barotropic and baroclinic waves in homogeneous and stratified lakes on the rotating Earth, presents a classification of rotating shallow-water waves and describes Kelvin-type and Poincare-type waves. Series: Advances in Geophysical and Environmental Mechanics and Mathematics. Num Pages: 714 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PHD; PHVG; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1198.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Number of pages
- 714
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642191114
- ISBN
- 9783642191114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 307.07
€ 307.07
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: PH; RBG; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Spektrum Akademischer Verlag United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783827430809
- ISBN
- 9783827430809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.13
€ 80.13
Paperback. Editor(s): Ha, Huong. Num Pages: 317 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 21 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPP; KCN; RNF; RNR; TQSW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer, India, Private Ltd India
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788132229773
- ISBN
- 9788132229773
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 143.79
€ 143.79
Hardcover. Based on research and advanced models developed at IIASA (International Institute for applied Systems Analysis) and within its cooperation network, this book addresses the methodological complexities of assessing disaster risks, which call for stochastic simulation, optimization methods and economic modeling. Editor(s): Amendola, Aniello; Ermolieva, Tatiana; Linnerooth-Bayer, Joanne; Mechler, Reinhard. Series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research. Num Pages: 290 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBWH; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400722255
- ISBN
- 9789400722255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.34
€ 124.34
Paperback. In 2011, despite continued developments in forecasting, tracking, and warning technology, the United States was hit by the deadliest tornado season in decades. This title examines the factors that contributed to the outcomes of such tornadoes as the mid-April outbreak that devastated communities in North Carolina. Num Pages: 102 pages, 10 tables, 10 charts. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JMG; RBP; RNR; RNT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- American Meteorological Society United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781878220257
- ISBN
- 9781878220257
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.67
€ 25.99
€ 20.67
Improving Disaster Resilience and Mitigation - IT Means and Tools
. Ed(S): Teodorescu, Horia-Nicolai; Kirschenb...
Hardback. Editor(s): Teodorescu, Horia-Nicolai; Kirschenbaum, Alan; Cojocaru, Svetlana; Bruderlein, Claude. Series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Num Pages: 360 pages, 110 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: RGW; RNR; UGK; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 272 x 27. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401791359
- ISBN
- 9789401791359
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.56
€ 187.56
Paperback. The acclaimed New York Times and IndieBound bestseller: "Farmer's passionate book bring(s) Haiti's appalling tragedy back to the world's attention" --Foreign Affairs Num Pages: 480 pages, 8-pp. B/W photo insert on text. BIC Classification: JKSR; RNR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 445
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781610390989
- ISBN
- 9781610390989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.21
€ 18.99
€ 18.21
Hardcover. This book uses television news coverage of the 1993 Midwest flood as a case study to analyze the intersection of television news and nature, with specific focus on how this intersection must be examined within the context of place. Editor(s): Strate, Lance. Series: Media Ecology. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Hampton Pr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572735163
- ISBN
- 9781572735163
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.29€ 46.80
€ 50.29
€ 46.80
Hardback. Editor(s): Koracin, Darko; Dorman, Clive. Series: Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Num Pages: 537 pages, 81 black & white illustrations, 322 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: RBKC; RBP; RGBP; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 979.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 537
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319452272
- ISBN
- 9783319452272
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 274.09
€ 274.09
Hardcover. Editor(s): Tucker, Lorayne. Num Pages: 177 pages. BIC Classification: JFFC; RNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 195 x 262 x 16. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781633218260
- ISBN
- 9781633218260
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 259.94€ 175.92
€ 259.94
€ 175.92