Search Results - "hurricane"

Power and policy America's first steps to superpower, 1889-1922 / by Lenz, Lawrence, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: 1865-1889 : America grows and changes, as do its old foreign, Army, and naval policies -- Samoa, 1889 : how a hurricane built US battleships--and a military-industrial complex -- Appendix: Excerpts from Secretary of Navy report, 1889 -- Hawaiian "revolution" with an American gunboat -- Venezuela, 1895 : Great Britain vs. the United States, with a little help from the Kaiser -- Spanish-American War, 1898 : how a war to liberate Cuba created a worldwide empire -- Appendix: 1898 messages to George Dewey prior to Spanish-American War -- Philippines, 1899-1902 : America's first overseas guerrilla war and the ideas that won it -- Venezuela, 1902-1903 : the Roosevelt corollary, big stick or big bluff? …”
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The Martians have landed! a history of media-driven panics and hoaxes / by Bartholomew, Robert E.

Table of Contents: “…asteroid panic -- Pokemon panics and creepy crawley scares -- The "documentary" that fooled England -- Hurricane Katrina mythmaking -- Chicken little and the Bird Flu panic -- The Russians are coming! …”
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Rising waters the causes and consequences of flooding in the United States / by Brody, Samuel David

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Rising waters the causes and consequences of flooding in the United States / by Brody, Samuel David

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Reducing global poverty the case for asset accumulation /

Table of Contents: “…Carter -- The stages-of-progress methodology and results from five countries / Anirudh Krishna -- Asset accumulation policy and poverty reduction / Caroline Moser -- Addressing vulnerability through asset building and social protection / Sarah Cook -- Social protection and asset accumulation by the middle class and the poor in Latin America / Andres Solimano -- Building natural resource-based assets in southern Africa : workable scenarios / Paula Nimpuno-Parente -- Protecting land rights in post-tsunami and postconflict Aceh, Indonesia / Lilianne Fan -- Hurricane Katrina : impact on assets and asset-building approaches to poverty reduction / Amy Liu -- Gangs, violence, and asset building / Dennis Rodgers -- Beyond microfinance / Vijay Mahajan -- Using microinsurance and financial education to protect and accumulate assets / Monique Cohen and Pamela Young -- Migrant foreign savings and asset accumulation / Manuel Orozco -- Transnational communities of the United States and Latin America / Hector Cordero-Guzman and Victoria Quiroz-Becerra -- Gender and transnational asset accumulation in El Salvador / Sarah Gammage -- Claiming rights : citizenship and the politics of asset distribution / Clare Ferguson, Caroline Moser, and Andy Norton.…”
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Social change, resistance and social practices

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Social change, resistance and social practices

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Reducing global poverty the case for asset accumulation /

Table of Contents: “…Carter -- The stages-of-progress methodology and results from five countries / Anirudh Krishna -- Asset accumulation policy and poverty reduction / Caroline Moser -- Addressing vulnerability through asset building and social protection / Sarah Cook -- Social protection and asset accumulation by the middle class and the poor in Latin America / Andres Solimano -- Building natural resource-based assets in southern Africa : workable scenarios / Paula Nimpuno-Parente -- Protecting land rights in post-tsunami and postconflict Aceh, Indonesia / Lilianne Fan -- Hurricane Katrina : impact on assets and asset-building approaches to poverty reduction / Amy Liu -- Gangs, violence, and asset building / Dennis Rodgers -- Beyond microfinance / Vijay Mahajan -- Using microinsurance and financial education to protect and accumulate assets / Monique Cohen and Pamela Young -- Migrant foreign savings and asset accumulation / Manuel Orozco -- Transnational communities of the United States and Latin America / Hector Cordero-Guzman and Victoria Quiroz-Becerra -- Gender and transnational asset accumulation in El Salvador / Sarah Gammage -- Claiming rights : citizenship and the politics of asset distribution / Clare Ferguson, Caroline Moser, and Andy Norton.…”
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Growth management in Florida planning for paradise /

Table of Contents: “…: an evaluation of Florida's hurricane hazard mitigation planning mandates / Robert E. …”
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Growth management in Florida planning for paradise /

Table of Contents: “…: an evaluation of Florida's hurricane hazard mitigation planning mandates / Robert E. …”
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Oceanic New York /

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Oceanic New York /

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Koenig and Schultz's disaster medicine comprehensive principles and practices /

Table of Contents: “…Floods Mark E. Keim; 33. Hurricanes Kelly R. Klein and Frank Shih; 34. Tornados Arthur Wallace; 35. …”
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Koenig and Schultz's disaster medicine comprehensive principles and practices /

Table of Contents: “…Floods Mark E. Keim; 33. Hurricanes Kelly R. Klein and Frank Shih; 34. Tornados Arthur Wallace; 35. …”
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Heads up! early warning systems for climate-, water- and weather-related hazards /

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Heads up! early warning systems for climate-, water- and weather-related hazards /

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Applied physical geography : geosystems in the laboratory / by Thomsen, Charles E.

Applied physical geography : geosystems in the laboratory / by Thomsen, Charles E.

Natural disasters in a global environment by Penna, Anthony N.

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Natural disasters in a global environment by Penna, Anthony N.

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