One in two people living west of the 100th meridian in the United States resides in California. Crammed into the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles Basin is a population greater than that of Texas. Both these drought-prone regions need to import water over seemingly improbably distances. Reliance on imported water, however, is not their Achilles heel; it is the fact that each sits astride one of the most violently active seismic zones in the world. This study chronicles the man-made eruption...
Titanic and Other Ships by Charles Herbert Lightoller. Charles Herbert Lightoller (1874-1952) was the second mate (second officer) on board the RMS Titanic, and the most senior officer to survive the Titanic disaster. Lightoller was decorated for gallantry as a naval officer in the First World War and later, in retirement, further distinguished himself in the Second World War by providing and sailing as a volunteer on one of the "little ships" during the perilous Dunkirk evacuation. This book de...
Why Does It Happen? (Why Does It Happen, #1) (Children's Earthquake & Volcano Books)
by Baby Professor
This book explores the history of natural disasters in the Ottoman Empire and the responses to them on the state, communal, and individual levels. Yaron Ayalon argues that religious boundaries between Muslims and non-Muslims were far less significant in Ottoman society than commonly believed. Furthermore, the emphasis on Islamic principles and the presence of Islamic symbols in the public domain were measures the state took to enhance its reputation and political capital - occasional discriminat...
Earth and Atmospheric Disaster Management Natural and Man-made
by Navale Pandharinath
Currículo Educativo Sobre el Derecho a la Alimentación
Sobre el Derecho a la Alimentación / Libro 4. Este currículo constituye una base única para la educación, la capacitación y la promoción del derecho a la alimentación. Su principal objetivo es contribuir al fortalecimiento de capacidades para implementar el derecho a la alimentación a nivel nacional, y en este sentido constitute un documento de referencia para instructores, conferencistas, profesores universitarios y en general, para todos aquellos docentes que pretendan desarrollar un programa...
On April 17, 1906, San Francisco was a dense city bustling with people, and thriving businesses. On April 18, it was in ruins, the victim of a terrifying earthquake and dreadful fire. Over 170 vintage, photographs, some never published before delve into the first earthquake ever photographed. Images include photographs of various buildings and neighborhoods in the city before the earthquake and the fire, photographs of the fire as it burns through Front and Market Streets, the ruins and those le...
New Orleans Hurricanes from the Start
by David Bastian and Nicholas Meis
Improving Urban Planning Through Localizing Agenda 21
by Frederic Saliez
Final Report from the NRC Committee on the Review of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration (Lacpr) Program
Hurricane Fiona; All You Need To Know About The Ongoing Storm In Canada
by Dick Carrson
