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3) Risk: a practical guide for deciding what's really safe and what's dangerous in the world around you
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"A global risk expert defends his assertion that disasters are manufactured by people building in the wrong places and in the wrong way and recounts the ways people have fought back against natural disasters, including the development of new predictive technologies,"--NoveList.
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Investigates the impact that development has had on the environment and explores what is being done to protect our planet. The Northwest Passage opened for the first time in recorded history, much of the United States honeybee population mysteriously died, and much more.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan's (hereby referred to as the "Plan") mission is to preserve and enhance the quality of life, property and resources by identifying natural hazard risks and implementing hazard mitigation actions to protect the people of Charlestown and its historical, cultural and natural resources. To address these risks and vulnerable areas, this Plan puts forth a clear mission, distinct goals and specific mitigation actions."...