This book is a compendium of innovative projects from around the world that demonstrates the power of design to improve lives. It offers a history of the movement towards socially conscious design and showcases more than eighty solutions to such urgent needs as basic shelter, he…
Few subjects have caught the attention of the entire world as much as those dealing with natural hazards. The first decade of this new millennium provides a litany of tragic examples of various hazards that turned into disasters affecting millions of individuals around the globe…
"Extreme Environmental Events is an authoritative single source for understanding and applying the basic tenets of complexity and systems theory, as well as the tools and measures for analyzing complex systems, to the prediction, monitoring, and evaluation of major natural pheno…
This volume focuses on the breakdown in sustainability -- the capacity of the planet to provide quality of life now and in the future -- that is signaled by disaster. The authors bring to light why land use and sustainability have been ignored in devising public policies to deal…
Écrit en 1955, cet essai raconte les grands bouleversements géologiques dont notre Terre fut le théâtre au cours des temps préhistoriques et même historiques. L'auteur déduit et explique ces cataclysmes à l'aide des signes laissés dans les roches et les vestiges de civilisations…
The OECD contributes to the improvement of the financial management of major catastrophes both through the activities of the International Network on the Financial Management of Large-Scale Catastrophes and through the leadership of its High-Level Advisory Board. This publicatio…
The World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group examined the Bank's experience in disaster prevention and response over the past 20 years and found that the scale of Bank operations has grown over the period. The report found that the Bank has demonstrated considerable flexibility…
This highly topical book comes at a time when the two-way relationship between humankind and the environment is moving inexorably to the top of the agenda. It covers both sides of this delicate balancing act, explaining how various natural processes influence humanity, including…
