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People’s Response to Disasters in the Philippines

Vulnerability, Capacities, and Resilience

By: J. Gaillard

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People’s Response to Disasters in the Philippines

Vulnerability, Capacities, and Resilience

By: J. Gaillard

This book provides a critical perspective on people's response to disasters in the Philippines. It draws upon an array of case studies to discuss people's vulnerability, capacities and resilience in facing a wide range of different hazards.

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Springer

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1137484292

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The Invention of Disaster

Power and Knowledge in Discourses on Hazard and Vulnerability

By: JC Gaillard

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The Invention of Disaster

Power and Knowledge in Discourses on Hazard and Vulnerability

By: JC Gaillard

This theoretical contribution argues that the domination of Western knowledge in disaster scholarship has allowed normative policies and practices of disaster risk reduction to be imposed all over the world. It takes a postcolonial approach to unpack why scholars claim that disasters are social constructs while offering little but theories, concepts and methods supposed to be universal in understanding the unique and diverse experiences of millions of people across very different cultures. It further challenges forms of governments inherited from the Enlightenment that have been rolled out as standard and ultimate solutions to reduce the risk of disaster. Ultimately, the book encourages the emergence of a more diverse set of world views/senses and ways of knowing for both studying disasters and informing policy and practice of disaster risk reduction. Such pluralism is essential to better reflect local realities of what disasters actually are around the world. This book is an essential read for scholars and postgraduate students interested in disaster studies as well as policy-makers and practitioners of disaster risk reduction.

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Routledge

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1317617320

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Disaster Risk

By: Irasema Alcántara-Ayala,Christopher Gomez,Ksenia Chmutina,Dewald van Niekerk,Emmanuel Raju,Victor Marchezini,Jake Rom Cadag,JC Gaillard

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Disaster Risk

By: Irasema Alcántara-Ayala,Christopher Gomez,Ksenia Chmutina,Dewald van Niekerk,Emmanuel Raju,Victor Marchezini,Jake Rom Cadag,JC Gaillard

The text offers a comprehensive and unique perspective on disaster risk associated with natural hazards. It covers a wide range of topics, reflecting the most recent debates but also older and pioneering discussions in the academic field of disaster studies as well as in the policy and practical areas of disaster risk reduction (DRR). This book will be of particular interest to undergraduate students studying geography and environmental studies/science. It will also be of relevance to students/professionals from a wide range of social and physical science disciplines, including public health and public policy, sociology, anthropology, political science and geology.

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626

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Taylor & Francis

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131546960X

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9781315469607

A Tale of the Unknown Unknowns

A Mesolithic Pit Alignment and a Neolithic Timber Hall at Warren Field, Crathes, Aberdeenshire

By: Hilary K. Murray,J. C. Murray,Caroline Fraser

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A Tale of the Unknown Unknowns

A Mesolithic Pit Alignment and a Neolithic Timber Hall at Warren Field, Crathes, Aberdeenshire

By: Hilary K. Murray,J. C. Murray,Caroline Fraser

The site of Warren Field in Scotland revealed two unusual and enigmatic features; an alignment of pits and a large, rectangular feature interpreted as a timber building. Excavations confirmed that the timber structure was an early Neolithic building and that the pits had been in use from the Mesolithic. This report details the excavations and reveals that the hall was associated with the storage and or consumption of cereals, including bread wheat, and pollen evidence suggests that the hall may have been part of a larger area of activity involving cereal cultivation and processing. The pits are fully documented and environmental evidence sheds light on the surrounding landscape.

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Oxbow Books

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1782973133

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Tropical Mycology

By: Roy Watling,J. C. Frankland,A. M. Ainsworth,S. Isaac,C. H. Robinson

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Tropical Mycology

By: Roy Watling,J. C. Frankland,A. M. Ainsworth,S. Isaac,C. H. Robinson

Tropical mycology is attracting increasing interest, as the key role of fungi in tropical ecosystems and as pathogens becomes appreciated. This book describes the ecology, biology, economic dimensions and systematics of tropical Micromycetes and is the second of two complementary volumes (Volume 1 covers Macromycetes) developed from papers given at the British Mycological Society's symposium held in Liverpool in April 2000.

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222

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CABI

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0851997945

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9780851997940

Modern Applied Mathematics

By: J. C. Misra

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Modern Applied Mathematics

By: J. C. Misra

This comprehensive volume introduces educational units dealing with important topics of modern applied mathematics. Chapters include comprehensive information on different topics such as: Methods of Approximation for Mapping in Probability Spaces, Mathematical Modelling of Seismic Sources, Climate Variability, Geometry of Differential Equations, Modelling of Particle-Driven Gravity Currents, Impulsive Free-Surface Flows, Internal Wave Propagation, Isogroups and Exact Solutions of Higher Order Boltzman Equation, Molecular and Particle Modelling, Asymptotic Behaviour of Solutions of Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations, Mixed Boundary Value Problems, Dual Integral Equations, Dual Series Equations and their Applications, Evolutionary Mechanisms of Organization in Complex Systems, Zero-Sum Differential Games, Bernoulli Convolutions, Probability Distribution Functions, O.D.E. Approach to Stochastic Approximation, Bayesian Inference on the Long Range Dependence.

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Alpha Science Int'l Ltd.

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8173194920

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9788173194924

Dictionary of Symbols

By: J. C. Cirlot

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Dictionary of Symbols

By: J. C. Cirlot

The unvarying essential meanings of around 1,000 symbols and symbolic themes commonly found in the art, literature and thought of all cultures through the ages are clarified.

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340

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Routledge

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1134958897

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Say Anarcha

A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women's Health

By: J. C. Hallman

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Say Anarcha

A Young Woman, a Devious Surgeon, and the Harrowing Birth of Modern Women's Health

By: J. C. Hallman

A compelling reckoning with the birth of women’s health that illuminates the sacrifices of a young woman who changed the world only to be forgotten by it—until now For more than a century, Dr. J. Marion Sims was hailed as the “father of modern gynecology.” He founded a hospital in New York City and had a profitable career treating gentry and royalty in Europe, becoming one of the world’s first celebrity surgeons. Statues were built in his honor, but he wasn’t the hero he had made himself appear to be. Sims’s greatest medical claim was the result of several years of experimental surgeries—without anesthesia—on a young enslaved woman known as Anarcha; his so-called cure for obstetric fistula forever altered the path of women’s health. One medical text after another hailed Anarcha as the embodiment of the pivotal role that Sims played in the history of surgery. Decades later, a groundswell of women objecting to Sims’s legacy celebrated Anarcha as the “mother of gynecology.” Little was known about the woman herself. The written record would have us believe Anarcha disappeared; she did not. Through tenacious research, J. C. Hallman has unearthed the first evidence of Anarcha’s life that did not come from Sims’s suspect reports. Hallman reveals that after helping to spark a patient-centered model of care that continues to improve women’s lives today, Anarcha lived on as a midwife, nurse, and “doctor woman.” Say Anarcha excavates history, deconstructing the biographical smoke screen of a surgeon who has falsely been enshrined as a medical pioneer and bringing forth a heroic Black woman to her rightful place at the center of the creation story of modern women’s health care.

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427

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Henry Holt and Company

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1250868475

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9781250868473

Colonial England, 1066-1215

By: J. C. Holt

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Colonial England, 1066-1215

By: J. C. Holt

The process of colonisation that followed the Norman Conquest defined much of the history of England over the next 150 years, structurally altering the distribution of land and power in society. This theme is defined in a previously unpublished lecture on Colonial England, given in 1994, but it runs through all the sixteen essays in this collection. J.C. Holt's subjects include Domesday Book, the establishment of knight-service, aristocratic structures and nomenclature, the relation of family to property, security of title and inheritance, among other matters. He comments on the work of Maitland, Round and Stenton and ends with studies of the treaty of Winchester (1153), the rasus regis, and Magna Carta.

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362

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A&C Black

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1852851406

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9781852851408

Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Ecology

By: Larry L. Barton,Robert J. C. McLean

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Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Ecology

By: Larry L. Barton,Robert J. C. McLean

An authoritative overview of the ecological activities of microbes in the biosphere Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Ecology presents a broad overview of microbial activity and microbes' interactions with their environments and communities. Adopting an integrative approach, this text covers both conventional ecological issues as well as cross-disciplinary investigations that combine facets of microbiology, ecology, environmental science and engineering, molecular biology, and biochemistry. Focusing primarily on single-cell forms of prokaryotes — and cellular forms of algae, fungi, and protozoans — this book enables readers to gain insight into the fundamental methodologies for the characterization of microorganisms in the biosphere. The authors draw from decades of experience to examine the environmental processes mediated by microorganisms and explore the interactions between microorganisms and higher life forms. Highly relevant to modern readers, this book examines topics including the ecology of microorganisms in engineered environments, microbial phylogeny and interactions, microbial processes in relation to environmental pollution, and many more. Now in its second edition, this book features updated references and major revisions to chapters on assessing microbial communities, community relationships, and their global impact. New content such as effective public communication of research findings and advice on scientific article review equips readers with practical real-world skills. Explores the activities of microorganisms in specific environments with case studies and actual research data Highlights how prominent microbial biologists address significant microbial ecology issues Offers guidance on scientific communication, including scientific presentations and grant preparation Includes plentiful illustrations and examples of microbial interactions, community structures, and human-bacterial connections Provides chapter summaries, review questions, selected reading lists, a complete glossary, and critical thinking exercises Environmental Microbiology and Microbial Ecology is an ideal textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in biology, microbiology, ecology, and environmental science, while also serving as a current and informative reference for microbiologists, cell and molecular biologists, ecologists, and environmental professionals.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118966287

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9781118966280

Reconstructing Quaternary Environments

By: J. John Lowe,Michael J.C Walker

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Reconstructing Quaternary Environments

By: J. John Lowe,Michael J.C Walker

This third edition of Reconstructing Quaternary Environments has been completely revised and updated to provide a new account of the history and scale of environmental changes during the Quaternary. The evidence is extremely diverse ranging from landforms and sediments to fossil assemblages and geochemical data, and includes new data from terrestrial, marine and ice-core records. Dating methods are described and evaluated, while the principles and practices of Quaternary stratigraphy are also discussed. The volume concludes with a new chapter which considers some of the key questions about the nature, causes and consequences of global climatic and environmental change over a range of temporal scales. This synthesis builds on the methods and approaches described earlier in the book to show how a number of exciting ideas that have emerged over the last two decades are providing new insights into the operation of the global earth-ocean-atmosphere system, and are now central to many areas of contemporary Quaternary research. This comprehensive and dynamic textbook is richly illustrated throughout with full-colour figures and photographs. The book will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and professionals in Earth Science, Environmental Science, Physical Geography, Geology, Botany, Zoology, Ecology, Archaeology and Anthropology

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1031

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Routledge

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1317753704

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9781317753704

Middle East Politics

The Military Dimension

By: J. C. Hurewitz

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Middle East Politics

The Military Dimension

By: J. C. Hurewitz

The Arab-Israel Six Day War in June 1967 riveted world attention on the huge quantities of sophisticated weapons amassed in the arsenals of the Middle East – and left in its wake tangled political-military dilemmas and the intensification of the most dangerous arms race in the nonindustrialized world. How do major upheavals spread across borders so easily in the Middle East? What is the role of the military in the process of modernization? How can the rash of military coups be explained? Why is Israel, the most vigorous democracy in the Middle East, also the most vigorously mobilized and armed nation? J. C. Hurewitz, Professor of Government at Columbia University’s School of International Affairs, believes the answers to these and other pressing questions of Middle Eastern politics can be found only in a thorough examination of civil-military relations in each country, whether it is under military rule or not. The Middle East, as defined in this book, comprises eighteen states, stretching from Morocco to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Probing the role of the military in each state, the author assesses such other factors as the geographical and regional influences on specific national developments. Dominating all are the ramifications of the competing American and Soviet policies for the region. Through his analysis of the cold war tactics of the two Great Powers, and of the bewildering arms races and the confusion of military politics that these tactics have engendered, Professor Hurewitz brings into much clearer perspective the options for the West, and particularly for the United States, in this area. He has provided, in sum, an informative and fully documented study of the whole interplay of domestic, regional, and international politics in the postwar Middle East.

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0429716273

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9780429716270

Disaster Risk

By: Irasema Alcántara-Ayala,Christopher Gomez,Ksenia Chmutina,Dewald van Niekerk,Emmanuel Raju,Victor Marchezini,Jake Rom Cadag,JC Gaillard

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By: Irasema Alcántara-Ayala,Christopher Gomez,Ksenia Chmutina,Dewald van Niekerk,Emmanuel Raju,Victor Marchezini,Jake Rom Cadag,JC Gaillard

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Taylor & Francis

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1315469596

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9781315469591

Marginality and Disaster

By: J. C. Gaillard

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Marginality and Disaster

By: J. C. Gaillard

Disasters primarily hit places which, at different scales, are marginalised in everyday life, such as prisons, slums and peripheral cities. In addition, those affected are often from marginalised segments of society, such as the poor, children, elderly, people with disabilities. Many disasters are unacknowledged by those with more wealth and power, leading to many events to be neglected and marginalised by policy makers and practitioners of disaster risk reduction. This book offers an integrated overview of these issues and provides a conceptual framing of the multiple, tangled and complex interactions between marginality and disaster. It explores marginal places through case studies of slum settlements and prisons, and marginalised social groups, including gender minorities and homeless people. It also discusses why and how some events are neglected and marginalised by stakeholders of disaster risk reduction. The book offers an integrated and inclusive framework for taking back marginal places, marginal people and marginal events at the core of disaster risk reduction, and further provides examples of tools which could enable the implementation of such framework. This book thus focuses on places, people and events which are seldom addressed in the literature elsewhere, such as small-scale disasters, thus providing a unique overview of disasters and their effects. It analyses the root, structural and largely exogenous (to places and people affected) causes of marginality and disasters. The argument however moves beyond this sole bleak picture of vulnerability to also portrait resistance and hope through the concept of capacities, which emphasises that those marginalised and living in marginal places display knowledge, skills and resources in facing hazards and disasters, including small-scale events.

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1138805629

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The Invention of Disaster

Power and Knowledge in Discourses on Hazard and Vulnerability

By: JC Gaillard

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The Invention of Disaster

Power and Knowledge in Discourses on Hazard and Vulnerability

By: JC Gaillard

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People’s Response to Disasters in the Philippines

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The Invention of Disaster

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A Tale of the Unknown Unknowns

A Tale of the Unknown Unknowns

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Modern Applied Mathematics

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Dictionary of Symbols

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Say Anarcha

Say Anarcha

Colonial England, 1066-1215

Colonial England, 1066-1215

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Reconstructing Quaternary Environments

Reconstructing Quaternary Environments

Middle East Politics

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Marginality and Disaster

Marginality and Disaster

The Invention of Disaster

The Invention of Disaster

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