Hazards & Disasters Books

New and Published Books

1. Water, Food and Poverty in River Basins

   Defining the Limits

   Edited by Myles Fisher, Simon Cook

   Conventional wisdom says that the world is heading for a major water crisis. By 2050, global population will increase from 7 billion to a staggering 9.5 billion and the demands this will place on food and water systems will inevitably push river basins over the edge. The findings from this book...

   Published February 1st 2012 by Routledge
2. Future Climate Change

   Edited by Mark Maslin, Samuel Randalls

   Series: Critical Concepts in the Environment

   In recent years, future climate change has increasingly been recognized as one of the most important issues of the twenty-first century, challenging the very structure of our global society. No longer just an abstruse scientific concern, it prompts difficult choices for both individuals and...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
3. Handbook of Hazards and Disaster Risk Reduction

   Edited by Ben Wisner, JC Gaillard, Ilan Kelman

   The Handbook provides a comprehensive statement and reference point for hazard and disaster research, policy making, and practice in an international and multi-disciplinary context. It offers critical reviews and appraisals of current state of the art and future development of conceptual,...

   Published December 12th 2011 by Routledge
4. Global Food-Price Shocks and Poor People

   Themes and Case Studies

   Edited by Marc Cohen, Melinda Smale

   Series: Development in Practice Books

   This book examines the effects of high and volatile food prices during 2007-08 on low-income farmers and consumers in developing, transition, and industrialized countries. Previous studies of this crisis have mostly used models to estimate the likely impacts. This volume includes actual evidence...

   Published December 4th 2011 by Routledge
5. Measuring Vulnerability in Developing Countries

   New Analytical Approaches

   Edited by Wim Naude, Amelia Santos-Paulino, Mark McGillivray

   In all of the major challenges facing the world currently, whether it be climate change, terrorism and conflict, or urbanization and demographic change, no progress is possible without the alleviation of poverty. New approaches in development economics have in recent years started from the premise...

   Published September 21st 2011 by Routledge
6. Disaster Diplomacy

   How Disasters Affect Peace and Conflict

   By Ilan Kelman

   When an earthquake hits a war zone or cyclone aid is flown in by an enemy, many ask: Can catastrophe bring peace? Disaster prevention and mitigation provide similar questions. Could setting up a flood warning system bring enemy countries together? Could a regional earthquake building code set the...

   Published August 30th 2011 by Routledge
7. The Hurricane

   By Roger A Pielke

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1990, this book describes the nature of the hurricane, one of the world's most dangerous weather hazards. It examines the formation, development, movement, and impact of these tropical cyclones, and assess the ability of science to describe, forecast, and control them....

   Published March 30th 2011 by Routledge
8. Adaptation to Climate Change

   From Resilience to Transformation

   By Mark Pelling

   The impacts of climate change are already being felt. Learning how to live with these impacts is a priority for human development. In this context, it is too easy to see adaptation as a narrowly defensive task – protecting core assets or functions from the risks of climate change. A more profound...

   Published October 14th 2010 by Routledge
9. Urban Flood Management

   By Chris Zevenbergen, Adrian Cashman, Niki Evelpidou, Erik Pasche, Stephen Garvin, Richard Ashley

   Along with windstorms, floods are the most common and widespread of all natural disasters. Although they can often be predicted, they cause loss of life, damage and destruction, as many urban communities are located near coasts and rivers. In terms of victims, floods are responsible for more than...

   Published September 20th 2010 by CRC Press
10. Recursive Streamflow Forecasting

    A State Space Approach

    By Jozsef Szilagyi, Andras Szollosi Nagy

    This textbook is a practical guide to real-time streamflow forecasting that provides a rigorous description of a coupled stochastic and physically-based flow routing method and its practical applications. This method is used in current times of record-breaking floods to forecast flood...

    Published June 24th 2010 by CRC Press