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“tom wooten”

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  • We Shall Not Be Moved

    Rebuilding Home in the Wake of Katrina

    by Tom Wooten ...
    As floodwaters drained in the weeks following Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans residents came to a difficult realization. Their city was about to undertake the largest disaster recovery in American history, yet they faced a profound leadership vacuum: members of every tier of government, from the municipal to the federal level, had fallen down on the job. We Shall Not Be Moved tells the absorbing ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • No One Had a Tongue to Speak

    The Untold Story of One of History's Deadliest Floods

    by Utpal Sandesara, Tom Wooten ...
    On August 11, 1979, after a week of extraordinary monsoon rains in the Indian state of Gujarat, the two mile-long Machhu Dam-II disintegrated. The waters released from the dam's massive reservoir rushed through the heavily populated downstream area, devastating the industrial city of Morbi and its surrounding agricultural villages. As the torrent's thirty-foot-tall leading edge cut its way through ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Resilience Dividend

    Being Strong in a World Where Things Go Wrong

    by Judith Rodin ...
    Building resilience -- the ability to bounce back more quickly and effectively -- is an urgent social and economic issue. Our interconnected world is susceptible to sudden and dramatic shocks and stresses: a cyber-attack, a new strain of virus, a structural failure, a violent storm, a civil disturbance, an economic blow.Through an astonishing range of stories, Judith Rodin shows how people, ... Read more

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  • The Next Catastrophe

    Reducing our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, and Terrorist Disasters

    by Charles Perrow ...
    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 ... Read more

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  • Volunteers Handbook

    by Gordon Owen ...
    Series series VS Governance Material Series
    An introductory guidance to having a Volunteering handbook.  The following pages in this eBook serve as a guide model to use and should users can add, alter, or amend to mould into the organisation’s structure so as to be mutually suited for the organisation and volunteers.  It should not be treated as a definitive document as no ‘one-size fits all’ so should be modified and tailored accordingly ... Read more

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  • My Storm

    Managing the Recovery of New Orleans in the Wake of Katrina

    by Edward J. Blakely, Henry Cisneros ...
    Series series The City in the Twenty-First Century
    Edward J. Blakely has been called upon to help rebuild after some of the worst disasters in recent American history, from the San Francisco Bay Area's 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake to the September 11 attacks in New York. Yet none of these jobs compared to the challenges he faced in his appointment by New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin as Director of the Office of Recovery and Development Administration ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Helping Poor People, Emigrants & Refugees from Islamic Perspective

    by Muhammad Vandestra ...
    The world is experiencing an unprecedented refugee crisis as millions of people are forced from their homes and involuntarily displaced due to conflict, war, and poverty. In particular, there are an estimated four million refugees from Syria due to the civil war. Many of these people do not have sufficient food, clothing, or shelter, and they are not receiving enough assistance from neighboring ... Read more

    $1.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Responses to Disasters and Climate Change

    Understanding Vulnerability and Fostering Resilience

    Edited by Michele Companion, Miriam S. Chaiken ...
    As the global climate shifts, communities are faced with a myriad of mitigation and adaptation challenges. These highlight the political, cultural, economic, social, and physical vulnerability of social groups, communities, families, and individuals. They also foster resilience and creative responses. Research in hazard management, humanitarian response, food security programming, and other areas ... Read more

    $48.99 USD

  • Community Lost

    The State, Civil Society, and Displaced Survivors of Hurricane Katrina

    by Ronald J. Angel, Holly Bell, Julie Beausoleil, Laura Lein ...
    Neither government programs nor massive charitable efforts responded adequately to the human crisis that was Hurricane Katrina. In this study, the authors use extensive interviews with Katrina evacuees and reports from service providers to identify what helped or hindered the reestablishment of the lives of hurricane survivors who relocated to Austin, Texas. Drawing on social capital and social ... Read more

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  • Reducing Disaster Risk by Managing Urban Land Use

    Guidance Notes for Planners

    by Asian Development Bank ...
    This publication provides guidance for urban planners on how to use land use management-related tools they have at their disposal---land use planning, development control instruments, greenfield development, and urban redevelopment---to reduce disaster risk and contribute to strengthening urban resilience and sustainable urban development. The guidance provided in the document is further ... Read more

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  • Managing Critical Incidents and Large-Scale Event Security

    by Eloy Nuñez, Ernest G. Vendrell ...
    2017 Award Winner of the ASIS Security Book of the YearNuñez and Vendrell aim to provide the most current and effective resources for managing special events and critical incidents. Their book relies heavily on case studies and after action reports that examine the lessons learned from a multitude of previous events and incidents. In addition, the text identifies and examines best practices and ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

  • Applied Christianity

    A Handbook of 500 Good Works

    by Katheryn Maddox Haddad ...
    Handicapped? Wanting to do good works for others anyway?Too busy to add good works to your already cluttered life?What do you say when a friend’s relative dies?Wonder how to handle gossip, baby showers, mean bosses, etc. in the work place?Do the poor in other countries bother you?Want to teach your children to do good deeds?Every possible type of good work is included in this book, along with step ... Read more

    $2.99 USD