Safer Homes, Stronger Communities

Most sensible practices in post-disaster housing and neighborhood reconstruction are continually evolving. The frequency and severity of failures are expanding and know-how is altering how reconstruction is finished. Reconstruction initiatives needs to more and more specialize in the necessity to lessen destiny dangers through 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 Nineteen Nineties, refugee crises within the Balkans, crucial Africa, the center East, and West Africa have ended in the foreign unfold of civil conflict. In valuable Africa on my own, greater than 3 million humans have died in wars fueled, a minimum of partially, by means of the world over 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 attached its electorate to the realm, and the variety of service provider and fishing vessels grew along the nation�s improvement. countless numbers 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 kingdom of catastrophe administration in documents, libraries and museums within the united kingdom and worldwide, and gives options for addressing present and destiny threats. Following an introductory define of the subject and terminology, the authors offer a brief heritage of the improvement of catastrophe administration within the cultural historical past quarter.