Safer Homes, Stronger Communities

Top practices in post-disaster housing and neighborhood reconstruction are regularly evolving. The frequency and severity of mess ups are expanding and expertise is altering how reconstruction is completed. Reconstruction initiatives needs to more and more concentrate on the necessity to decrease destiny hazards by way of making sure that what's rebuilt is more secure and extra disaster-resilient than what used to be there prior to.

Dangerous Sanctuaries: Refugee Camps, Civil War, and the Dilemmas of Humanitarian Aid (Cornell Studies in Security Affairs)

Because the early Nineties, refugee crises within the Balkans, principal Africa, the center East, and West Africa have resulted in the foreign unfold of civil warfare. In critical Africa on my own, greater than 3 million humans have died in wars fueled, not less than partially, via across the world supported refugee populations.

Shipwrecks of Stellwagen Bank: Disaster in New England's National Marine Sanctuary

Underneath the churning floor of Stellwagen financial institution nationwide Marine Sanctuary relaxation the bones of shipwrecks and sailors alike. Massachusetts� ports hooked up its electorate to the area, and the variety of service provider and fishing vessels grew along the nation�s improvement. thousands of ships sank at the alternate routes and fishing grounds among Cape Cod and Cape Ann.

Disaster Management in Archives, Libraries and Museums

This significant booklet assesses the present nation of catastrophe administration in documents, libraries and museums within the united kingdom and world wide, and gives strategies for addressing present and destiny threats. Following an introductory define of the subject and terminology, the authors offer a quick heritage of the advance of catastrophe administration within the cultural history quarter.