In 25 illustrated, hilariously fear-inducing essays, Brockway introduces us to the incredible but very real scientific experiments, dangerous emerging technologies, and terrifying natural disasters that could bring about the end of all humanity.
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…
"Natural Disasters, 8th edition, is marked by major changes in organization and expanded coverage of weather and climate. The discussion of natural disasters is based on 4 main energy flows: 1) Earth's internal energy flow underlies earthquakes and volcanoes, 2) the external ene…
This book comprises the main results of the Scenario (Support on Common European Strategy for sustainable natural and induced technological hazards mitigation) project, funded as a Specific Support Action under the VI FP. This book addresses three main needs: first, it constitut…
Designed for younger readers, this is an informative, fact-filled guide to all kinds of natural disasters.
Designed for younger readers, this is an informative, fact-filled guide to all kinds of natural disasters.
Designed for younger readers, this is an informative, fact-filled guide to all kinds of natural disasters.
Designed for younger readers, this is an informative, fact-filled guide to all kinds of natural disasters.
L'équivalence des catastrophes: après Fukushima
"Revolutions, droughts, famines, invasions, wars, regicides - the calamities of the mid-seventeenth century were not only unprecedented, they were agonizingly widespread. A global crisis extended from England to Japan, and from the Russian Empire to sub-Saharan Africa. North and…