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No person or place is immune from disasters or disaster-related losses. Infectious disease outbreaks, acts of terrorism, social unrest, or financial disasters i
Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters
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Pages: 138
Authors: The National Academies
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-26 - Publisher: National Academies Press

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Natural disasters are having an increasing effect on the lives of people in the United States and throughout the world. Every decade, property damage caused by
National Earthquake Resilience
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Pages: 197
Authors: National Research Council
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-09-09 - Publisher: National Academies Press

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The United States will certainly be subject to damaging earthquakes in the future. Some of these earthquakes will occur in highly populated and vulnerable areas
Building Community Disaster Resilience Through Private-Public Collaboration
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Authors: National Research Council
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Natural disasters-including hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and floods-caused more than 220,000 deaths worldwide in the first half of 2010 and wrea
Disasters by Design
Language: en
Pages: 372
Authors: Dennis Mileti
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Disasters by Design provides an alternative and sustainable way to view, study, and manage hazards in the United States that would result in disaster-resilient