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  • Natural Hazard Mitigation Policy

    Implementation, Organizational Choice, and Contextual Dynamics

    de Daniel J. Alesch, Lucy A. Arendt, William J. Petak ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The negative consequences of natural hazard events are staggering and growing. Governments are acting to increase community resilience, reduce losses, and facilitate recovery, but these actions do not always yield anticipated consequences. This book is a compelling interdisciplinary analysis of California’s efforts to ensure that acute care hospitals survive earthquakes and continue to function in ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

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  • Granite Mountain

    The First-Hand Account of a Tragic Wildfire, Its Lone Survivor, and the Firefighters Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice

    de Brendan McDonough, Stephan Talty ...
    A first-person account by the sole survivor of Arizona's disastrous 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire—the inspiration for the major motion picture Only the Brave.Brendan McDonough was on the verge of becoming a hopeless, inveterate heroin addict when he, for the sake of his young daughter, decided to turn his life around. He enlisted in the Granite Mountain Hotshots, a team of elite firefighters based in ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD

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  • Powerful Medicines

    The Benefits, Risks, and Costs of Prescription Drugs

    de Jerry Avorn M.D. ...
    If you believe that the latest blockbuster medication is worth a premium price over your generic brand, or that doctors have access to all the information they need about a drug’s safety and effectiveness each time they write a prescription, Dr. Jerry Avorn has some sobering news. Drawing on more than twenty-five years of patient care, teaching, and research at Harvard Medical School, he shares ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD

  • November's Fury

    The Deadly Great Lakes Hurricane of 1913

    de Michael Schumacher ...
    On Thursday, November 6, the Detroit News forecasted “moderate to brisk” winds for the Great Lakes. On Friday, the Port Huron Times-Herald predicted a “moderately severe” storm. Hourly the warnings became more and more dire. Weather forecasting was in its infancy, however, and radio communication was not much better; by the time it became clear that a freshwater hurricane of epic proportions was ... Leer más

    $13.09 USD

  • The Ice Is Melting

    de Oren Lyons, Hildegarde Hannum ...
    Series series Annual E. F. Schumacher Lectures
    The collection of lectures and publications from the Schumacher Center for a New Economics represents some of the foremost voices on a new economics.Oren Lyons is a tribal chief of the Onondaga Nation. Although referring to himself as unlettered, he communicates the wisdom Native Americans have passed down over the centuries. As Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan he is responsible for maintaining the ... Leer más

    $0.99 USD

  • Aeolian Processes as Dust Storms in the Deserts of Central Asia and Kazakhstan

    de Gulnura Issanova, Jilili Abuduwaili ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book highlights the aeolian processes in the desert zone of Kazakhstan and Central Asian Deserts, and analyzes the current status of dust and sand storms in Central Asia and Kazakhstan.It also highlights the analyses, dynamics and long-term observations of storms on the basis of numerous cartographic materials and satellite images.Dust/sand storms are a common and important phenomenon in the ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Global Changes and Natural Disaster Management: Geo-information Technologies

    Edición de Saied Pirasteh, Jonathan Li ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book presents ongoing research and ideas related to earth observations and global change, natural hazards and disaster management studies, with respect to geospatial information technology, remote sensing, and global navigation satellite systems. Readers will discover uses of advanced geospatial tools, spatiotemporal models, and earth observation systems. Chapters identify the international ... Leer más

    $143.09 USD

  • Sedimentation in the Rupnarayan River

    Volume 1: Hydrodynamic Processes Under a Tidal System

    de Swapan Kumar Maity, Ramkrishna Maiti ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book explains the causes, mechanisms and dimension of sedimentation in theRupnarayan River, which offers a representative example of a tidal river combining fluvial and marine processes. The book is unique in addressing all the hydrodynamic characteristics of the river, especially the tidal impact, sediment load and textural characteristics of the sediments.;The data presented here was ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • Managing Improvement in Healthcare

    Attaining, Sustaining and Spreading Quality

    Edición de Aoife M. McDermott, Mark Exworthy, Martin Kitchener ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    Reflecting the challenges and opportunities of achieving improvement in healthcare systems, the contributions of this innovative new text lend depth and nuance to an increasing area of academic debate. Encompassing context, processes and agency, Managing Improvements in Healthcare addresses the task of attaining, embedding and sustaining improvement in the industry. The book begins by offering ... Leer más

    $152.99 USD

  • The CMIO Survival Guide

    A Handbook for Chief Medical Information Officers and Those Who Hire Them, Second Edition

    de Richard L. Rydell, MBA, FACHE, LFHIMSS, Editor, Howard M. Landa, MD, Associate Editor ...
    Series series HIMSS Book Series
    The CMIO Survival Guide is the handbook for the new Chief Medical Information Officer, as well as for those recruiting or planning to recruit a CMIO. This quick reference is organized by real-world topics that CMIOs need to know, as well as the criteria that the CIO, CMO or CEO should consider in identifying excellence in a CMIO candidate. It is written by pioneering physicians and AMDIS faculty ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD

  • Oil and Water

    Media Lessons from Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon Disaster

    de Andrea Miller, Shearon Roberts, Victoria Lapoe ...
    Along the Gulf Coast, history is often referenced as pre-Katrina or post-Katrina. However, the natural disaster that appalled the world in 2005 has been joined by another catastrophe, this one man-made—the greatest environmental and maritime accident of all time, the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. In less than five years, the Gulf Coast has experienced two colossal disasters, very different, yet ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Resilience by Design

    de Alexandra Jayeun Lee ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book discusses that disasters, whether natural or man-made, are essentially a human phenomenon. When a city becomes gridlocked and its resources depleted, the collective resilience of those who remain on the ground becomes critical to its immediate survival and recovery. The author argues that in order to build resilient futures for our urban environment, we need more than the skills of ... Leer más

    $49.99 USD