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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
People's verdict on Tsunami recovery in Sri Lanka People's verdict on Tsunami recovery in Sri Lanka Muttukrishna Sarvananthan Available for purchase at http://pointpedro.org OL10191285W
Environmental changes and natural disasters Environmental changes and natural disasters National Conference on "Environmental Pollution, Disaster Management, and Mitigation" (2006 Parbhani, India) Contributed papers presented at national conference on "Environmental pollution, disaster management and mitigation" held during Sept. 15th-16th, 2006 at Dnyanopasak Shikshan Mandal's College of Arts… OL11912159W
Affordable village building technologies Affordable village building technologies Housing & Hazards International Seminar on Affordable Village Building Technologies (2nd 1999 Dhaka, Bangladesh),Dhaka Housing & Hazards International Seminar on Affordable Village Building Technologies: From Research to Realisation (2nd 1999 Dhaka, Bangladesh) Visit [[http://www.salekseraj.com/AVBT.htm]] for these documents in PDF format. OL12461408W
Risk and planet earth Risk and planet earth Conference "Risk and Planet Earth" (2009 Leipzig, Germany) "Disasters are a major challenge for countries across the globe. Current debates on climate change focus both on extreme weather events that trigger disasters and their long-term variability. Effecti… OL15478178W
Predication and Simulation Methods for Geohazard Mitigation Predication and Simulation Methods for Geohazard Mitigation Sayuri Kimoto The last decades have shown a remarkable increase in the number of heavy rains, typhoons and earthquakes. These natural phenomena are the main causes for geohazards. As a result the mitigation of geo… OL19896316W
Foolproof Foolproof Greg Ip "We have learned a staggering amount about human nature and disaster -- yet we keep having car crashes, floods, and financial crises. Partly this is because the success we have at making life safer e… OL20010546W
California earthquakes California earthquakes Carl-Henry Geschwind "In 1906, after an earthquake wiped out much of San Francisco, leading California officials and scientists described the disaster as a one-time occurrence and assured the public that it had nothing t… OL7795581W