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Author : Associated Press
Publisher : Grolier Educational Corporation
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Disasters
ISBN : PSU:000043290680
The set uses a variety of articles to explore 20th century disasters. The articles were taken from various newspapers around the world.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Disasters
ISBN : PSU:000043290758
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Disasters
ISBN : PSU:000043290666
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Grolier, Incorporated
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1997-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0717291693
This set uses a variety of articles to explore 20th-century disasters.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Disasters
ISBN : PSU:000043290673
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Disasters
ISBN : PSU:000043290659
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Disasters
ISBN : PSU:000043290703
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Disasters
ISBN : PSU:000043290543
Author : Peggy Whitley,Susan Williams Goodwin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005-12-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780897899567
This third entry in the Jumpstarts series focuses on Science topics for upper elementary and middle school students. Maintaining the 99 Jumpstarts format of the two previous books, 99 Jumpstarts for Kids Science Research is divided into ten broad topical sections. Each topic is arranged in alphabetical order under its section. Topics include Body Parts, Energy, Animals, Heavens, Weather, Matter, Medicine, Technology, Environment, and Geology. This pathfinder approach aides students in the research process, helping them define important terms, offer beginning questions to help narrow their topic, furnish source ideas and some fun activities to explore each topic. Grades 4-8.
Author : Robin Santos Doak
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0756501245
This book describes the voyages of Vasco de Gama, who opened trade with Portugal and India by sailing around the continent of Africa.
Author : Donald R. Prothero
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781421401478
Devastating natural disasters have profoundly shaped human history, leaving us with a respect for the mighty power of the earth—and a humbling view of our future. Paleontologist and geologist Donald R. Prothero tells the harrowing human stories behind these catastrophic events. Prothero describes in gripping detail some of the most important natural disasters in history: • the New Madrid, Missouri, earthquakes of 1811–1812 that caused church bells to ring in Boston • the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami that killed more than 230,000 people • the massive volcanic eruptions of Krakatau, Mount Tambora, Mount Vesuvius, Mount St. Helens, and Nevado del Ruiz His clear and straightforward explanations of the forces that caused these disasters accompany gut-wrenching accounts of terrifying human experiences and a staggering loss of human life. Floods that wash out whole regions, earthquakes that level a single country, hurricanes that destroy everything in their path—all are here to remind us of how little control we have over the natural world. Dramatic photographs and eyewitness accounts recall the devastation wrought by these events, and the people—both heroes and fools—that are caught up in the earth's relentless forces. Eerie, fascinating, and often moving, these tales of geologic history and human fortitude and folly will stay with you long after you put the book down.
Author : World Book, Inc
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Earthquakes
ISBN : 0716698358
"A discussion of a major type of natural disaster, including descriptions of some of the most destructive; explanations of these phenomena, what causes them, and where they occur; and information about how to prepare for and survive these forces of nature. Features include an activity, glossary, list of resources, and index"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Mary Dodson Wade
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766040182
A revised series provides detailed overviews of devastating world disasters, weaving together important background information with gripping accounts from survivors and victims.
Author : James Goff,Walter Dudley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780197546147
Every year that passes without a tsunami means that we're just that much closer to our next one. What can we do to ensure we're prepared when the next catastrophic tsunami strikes? The ferocious waves of a tsunami can travel across oceans at the speed of a jet airplane. They can kill families, destroy entire cultures, and even gut nations. To understand these beasts in our waters well enough to survive them, we must understand how they're created and learn from the past. In this book, tsunami specialists James Goff and Walter Dudley arm readers with everything they need to survive a tsunami and maybe even avoid the next one. The book takes readers on a historical journey through some of the most devastating tsunamis in human history, some of the quirky ones, and even some that may not even be what most of us think of as tsunamis. Diving into personal and scientific stories of disasters, Tsunami pulls readers into the many ways these waves can be generated, ranging from earthquakes and volcanic eruptions to explosions, landslides, and beyond. The book provides overviews of some of the great historical events - the 1755 Lisbon, 1946 Aleutian, 1960 Chile, and 2004 Indian Ocean tsunamis, but also some of the less well-known as well such as the 1958 Lituya Bay, 563 CE Lake Geneva, a 6,000 year old Papua New Guinean mystery, and even a 2.5 Million year old asteroid. This is not straight science, though. Each event is brought to life in a variety of ways through stories of survival, human folly, and echoes of past disasters etched in oral traditions and the environment. The book combines research from oceanography, biogeography, geology, history, archaeology and more, with data collected from over 400 survivor interviews. Alongside carefully selected images and the scientific measurements of these tsunamis, the book offers tales of survival, heroism, and tragic loss. Through a balanced combination of personal experience, the Earth's changing environment, tales of tragedy, and a recount of oral traditions, Tsunami allows readers to engage with a new scientific approach to these overwhelming waves. The resulting book unveils the science of disaster like never before.
Author : Federica Ranghieri,Mikio Ishiwatari
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781464801549
While not all natural disasters can be avoided, their impact on a population can be mitigated through effective planning and preparedness. These are the lessons to be learned from Japan's own megadisaster: the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, the fi rst disaster ever recorded that included an earthquake, a tsunami, a nuclear power plant accident, a power supply failure, and a large-scale disruption of supply chains. It is a sad fact that poor communities are often hardest hit and take the longest to recover from disaster. Disaster risk management (DRM) should therefore be taken into account as a major development challenge, and countries must shift from a tradition of response to a culture of prevention and resilience. Learning from Megadisasters: Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake consolidates a set of 36 Knowledge Notes, research results of a joint study undertaken by the Government of Japan and the World Bank. These notes highlight key lessons learned in seven DRM thematic clusters—structural measures; nonstructural measures; emergency response; reconstruction planning; hazard and risk information and decision making; the economics of disaster risk, risk management, and risk fi nancing; and recovery and relocation. Aimed at sharing Japanese cutting-edge knowledge with practitioners and decision makers, this book provides valuable guidance to other disaster-prone countries for mainstreaming DRM in their development policies and weathering their own natural disasters.
