Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Setting the scene: a guide to this volume -- Reporting, frequency, and correlates of disasters -- Providing compensation to survivors of disasters -- Hurricanes -- Floods and their consequences -- Tornadoes -- Drought and other risks to agriculture -- Wildfires -- Geological and man-made disasters -- Disasters and compensation systems -- Figures -- References -- Authors -- Index -- About the institute…”

“…Charlie, an EMT, was a first responder in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane. He worries that he did not help as many people as he could have helped during the hurricane chaos. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Imprisonment in U.S. history and the cultural imagination -- Literary execution: race, crime, and punishment in three Faulkner novels -- Soul on ice, schizoanalysis, and the subject of imprisonment -- The executioner's song and the narration of history -- The contradictions of documentary realism in American history X -- "Based upon a true story": the hurricane and the problem of prison redemption -- The farm: "This is no dream or nothing made up, this is for real" -- Staging prisons and the performance of history…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; ONE: INVISIBLE DANGERS; TWO: DISASTER AND TERRORISM; THREE: MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE: Reverse Transparency and Privacy; FOUR: HURRICANE KATRINA, UNSEEN DANGERS, AND THE ALL-HAZARDS POLICY; FIVE: THE IMAGERY OF THE LANDSCAPE OF FEAR; SIX: UNSEEN DANGERS AS DEFILEMENTS; SEVEN: TWO MODELS OF NONRATIONAL ACTION; EIGHT: EXPERTS, NARRATIVES, AND THE PUBLIC; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Climates and Cultures in Northern America / 1 The “American Way of Life” and US Views on Climate Change and the Environment / 2 From Conservationists to Environmentalists: The American ­Environmental Movement / 3 The Role of Norms for US Foreign Climate Policy / 4 North American Climate History / 5 Hurricanes in New Orleans: Disaster Migration and Adaptation, 1718–1794 / 6 The Landscapes of Man: Ecological and Cultural Change before ­Hurricane Katrina / 7 Science (and Policy) Friction: How Mass Media Shape US American Climate Discourses / 8 “Save Ga. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction : Follow the second line -- The Haiti-New Orleans vodou connection : Zora Neale Hurston as initiate observer -- Mardi Gras Indians and second lines, sequin artists and rara bands : street festivals and performances in New Orleans and Haiti -- Interlude: The healing arts of African diasporic religion -- In rhythm with the spirit : New Orleans jazz funerals and the African diaspora -- Epilogue : A jazz funeral for "a city that care forgot" : the New Orleans diaspora after Hurricane Katrina…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Environmental press: why marriage can be a struggle -- Improving your communication climate -- Strengthening trust in your climate -- Talking your way into a supportive climate -- Taking a reading of your marriage -- Calling a truce -- Changing how we view conflict -- Seven principles for making disagreements productive -- The necessity of forgiveness -- Hurricane warnings: when conflict turns to abuse -- Our communication climate with God and why it means everything…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 1: Clavius and Mathematics in the Collegio Romano -- Chapter 2: Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics in Colleges and Observatories -- Chapter 3: Kircher and Boscovich -- Chapter 4: Jesuit Astronomers in China and India -- Chapter 5: Naturalists, Geographers and Explorers -- Chapter 6: The New Observatories -- Chapter 7: Meteorology. Tropical Hurricanes -- Chapter 8: Earthquakes and Seismology -- Chapter 9: Four Great Modern Scientists -- Chapter 10: Science in Colleges and Universities -- Chapter 11: Epilogue: Jesuit Scientific Tradition -- Appendices. …”
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“…Today, a hurricane is forming, and businesses are headed straight into it. …”

“…When a hurricane warning is announced, everyone's concerns and actions become focused on that expectation; the hurricane essentially becomes the future which people are "living into.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foreword -- Preface -- Disaster resiliency : interdisciplinary perspectives -- Introduction to conceptual insights and applications of resilience -- All hazards, whole community : creating resiliency -- Sociological insights on the role of social capital in disaster resilience -- Understanding hurricane vulnerability : Florida mobile home parks -- Building collaborative capacity for disaster resiliency -- Resilient rural communities: housing recovery patterns following hurricane Katrina -- Taking action in uncertain environments : connecting resilience to hazards -- Public risks and disaster resilience : rethinking public and private sector roles -- Networks, collaborative planning, and perceived quality of comprehensive plans -- Examining environmental factors contributing to community resilience along the Gulf of Mexico coast -- Resilience planning in the face of uncertainty : adapting to climate change effects on coastal hazards -- Incorporating resilience of rural communities for pro-active risk reduction in Shikoku, Japan -- Improving community resilience through networks -- The role of responder networks in promoting community resilience : toward a measurement framework of network capacity -- Coping with catastrophe : "black swan" in northeastern Japan, March 11, 2011 -- Enhancing community resilience : a matter of multi-level framework, mixed methods, and multi-sectoral tools -- Management capacity and rural community resilience -- Inter-organizational coordination : analysis of 2011 van earthquake -- Community capacity and interorganizational networks for disaster resilience : comparison of rural and urban counties -- (Conclusion): emerging research in disaster resiliency and sustainability : implications for policy and practice -- Bibliography -- Appendices -- List of contributors…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: The "unprecedented" internal U.S. migrations of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries -- The economic and environmental displacements during the great migration: precarious citizenship and Hurston's Their eyes were watching God -- The environmental displacement of the Dust Bowl: from the Yeoman myth to collective respect and Babb's Whose names are unknown -- The wartime displacement of Japanese American incarceration: disorientation and Otsuka's When the emperor was divine -- The economic displacement of Mexican American migrant labor: disembodied criminality to embodied spirituality and Viramontes's Under the feet of Jesus -- Afterword: The mobility poor of Hurricane Katrina: salvaging the family and Ward's Salvage the bones…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Extreme heat ; Floods and droughts ; The big melt ; Oceans ; Hurricanes and other storms ; Ecosystems and agriculture -- The science: how we know what we know about climate change. …”

“…Charlie is an EMT who was on call during the aftermath of a deadly hurricane. Charlie responded to many traumatic incidents. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Climate-Adjusted Hazards: Coastal Flooding: Data Sources -- Analysis Methods -- References -- Extreme Temperature: Data Sources -- Analysis Methods -- References -- Meteorological Drought: Data Sources -- Analysis Methods -- References -- Wildfires: Data Sources -- Analysis Methods -- References -- Hazards Without Climate Adjustment: Earthquakes: Data Sources -- Analysis Methods -- References -- Hurricane Winds: Data Sources -- Analysis Methods -- References -- Data Sources -- Analysis Methods -- Riverine Flooding: Data Sources -- Analysis Methods -- References -- Tsunamis: Data Sources: Analysis Methods -- References -- Tornadoes: Data Sources: Analysis Methods -- References -- Landslides: Data Sources -- Analysis Methods -- References -- Infrastructure Data Collection Process -- Approach to Characterizing Infrastructure Vulnerability to Hazards…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction and Overview -- Children and Disasters -- Leveraging Health Care Coalitions -- Augmenting State and Local Emergency Plans -- Augmenting State and Local Emergency Plans -- Broadening Stakeholders Invested in Children -- Planning for Children and Families During Disaster Response -- Monitoring Children’s Mental Health After Disasters -- Fostering Recovery Through Community Resilience -- Hurricane Sandy Experience: Disaster Recovery Focused on Children and Families -- Final Remarks -- Appendix A: References -- Appendix B: Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Appendix C: Statement of the Task -- Appendix D: Agenda -- Appendix E: Biographical Sketches of Invited Speakers and Panelists -- Appendix F: Resource List: Tools for Planning for Children and Families -- Appendix G: The Science and Practice of Resilience Interventions for Children Exposed to Disasters -- Appendix H: Recommendations from the National Commission on Children and Disasters…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foreword -- Introduction -- Editors -- Contributors -- Communal leadership in post-Mitch housing reconstruction in Nicaragua / ESTHER LEEMANN -- Aid distribution after hurricane Mitch and changes in social capital in two Nicaraguan rural communities / ISABEL HÄBERLI -- Ownership, control, and accountability in post-tsunami housing reconstruction processes in Aceh, Indonesia / CAROLA MANTEL -- Communities' perspectives on housing reconstruction in Gujarat following the earthquake of 2001 / JENNIFER DUYNE BARENSTEIN -- Soil conservation practices after hurricane Mitch : significance, difficulties of implementation, and change of the field of application / BEATRICE MÜLLER -- A social and environmental assessment of pre- and post-tsunami housing and building practices in Tamil Nadu / JENNIFER DUYNE BARENSTEIN AND DANIEL PITTET -- The remembered trees : contractor-driven reconstruction and its consequences on communities' well-being in coastal Tamil Nadu / JASMIN NAIMI-GASSER -- The role of informal governance in post-disaster reconstruction and its impact on elderly people's social security in coastal Tamil Nadu / JENNIFER DUYNE BARENSTEIN AND SONJA TRACHSEL -- Links between building technologies, post-disaster reconstruction, and gender roles in Gujarat / DIANA TENCONI -- Unaffordable housing and its consequences : a comparative analysis of two post-Mitch reconstruction projects in Nicaragua / ANDREA GRAF -- Post-tsunami relocation outcomes in Sri Lanka : communities' perspectives in Ampara and Hambantota / JENNIFER DUYNE BARENSTEIN -- Links between post-tsunami relocation and changes in fishing practices in Tamil Nadu : a microlevel case study / STEFAN INGLIN -- The impact of landlessness on rural livelihoods after post-Mitch resettlement in Nicaragua / ANOUK ZULAUF -- Voluntary relocation after disaster: a hope for many, a chance for few? …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Got Fish?: NEWSLORE OF HURRICANE KATRINA; 5. It Takes a Village Idiot: BUSHLORE; 6. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Power of the Story: Writing Disasters in Haiti and the Circum-Caribbean / Vincent Joos, Martin Munro, and John Ribó -- Mòd Leta: Haitian Understandings of Crises Past in Present / Mark Schuller -- After the Storm: Hurricane Matthew, Haiti, and Disaster's Longue Durée / Laura Wagner -- Malediksyon: (Neo)colonial Development, Disasters, and Counter-Capitalism in Northeastern Haiti / Vincent Joos -- Post-Katrina Intrusions on African American Cultural Traditions in New Orleans / Shearon Roberts -- Cat Bonds and Necrocapitalism in Haiti and Puerto Rico / Jana Evans Braziel -- Wake Work in Post-Maria Puerto Rico and Beyond / John Ribó -- Art and Politics facing Disaster in the Caribbean: Defining a New Cultural Diplomacy / Vanessa Selk -- Marvin Victor's Corps mêlés and the Writing of Disaster in Haiti / Martin Munro -- Beyond Malediction and Prophecy: Melovivi or the Trap / Alex Lenoble -- Epilogue. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The Power of the Story: Writing Disasters in Haiti and the Circum-Caribbean / Vincent Joos, Martin Munro, and John Ribó -- Mòd Leta: Haitian Understandings of Crises Past in Present / Mark Schuller -- After the Storm: Hurricane Matthew, Haiti, and Disaster's Longue Durée / Laura Wagner -- Malediksyon: (Neo)colonial Development, Disasters, and Counter-Capitalism in Northeastern Haiti / Vincent Joos -- Post-Katrina Intrusions on African American Cultural Traditions in New Orleans / Shearon Roberts -- Cat Bonds and Necrocapitalism in Haiti and Puerto Rico / Jana Evans Braziel -- Wake Work in Post-Maria Puerto Rico and Beyond / John Ribó -- Art and Politics facing Disaster in the Caribbean: Defining a New Cultural Diplomacy / Vanessa Selk -- Marvin Victor's Corps mêlés and the Writing of Disaster in Haiti / Martin Munro -- Beyond Malediction and Prophecy: Melovivi or the Trap / Alex Lenoble -- Epilogue. …”