The Book Company: New Products - Natural Disasters

Coastal Erosion and Protection in Europe

Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:50:10 +0000

Europe has a long history of managing coastal erosion through a variety of protection strategies. This book provides a comprehensive review of the entire coastline of Europe; a comparative analysis of erosion problems and solutions, considering both natural and anthropogenic factors. Lavishly i..

Price: $350.00

Torched (How a City Was Left to Burn, and the Olympic Rush to Rebuild L.A.)

Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:49:03 +0000

CBS News Correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti’s story of the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, the failures that led to disaster, and the fight over who decides how to rebuild for the 2028 Olympic Games and beyond.

In Torched, CBS News Correspondent Jonathan Vigliotti delivers..

Price: $20.00

Natural Hazards (Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes)

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 03:06:33 +0000

The new revised fifth edition of Natural Hazards, remains the go-to introductory-level survey intended for university and college courses that are concerned with earth processes that have direct, and often sudden and violent, impacts on human society.

Price: $690.00

Natural Hazards (Earth's Processes as Hazards, Disasters, and Catastrophes)

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 03:06:26 +0000

Price: $189.99

The Distributed Functions of Emergency Management and Homeland Security

Thu, 15 Oct 2026 17:45:47 +0000

Outlines the roles and responsibilities of various individuals and agencies responsible for Homeland Security and emergency management preparedness and response. Chapters focus on the applied aspects of a range of public servants in various departments relative to an all-hazards, disaster and t..

Price: $233.99

Disaster Risk Reduction (Cases from Urban Africa)

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 19:14:30 +0000

Published with ProVention Consortium, UNDP and UN-Habitat 'This excellent book is essential reading for those concerned with urban risk and its reduction in Africa, the most rapidly urbanizing region of the world.' Professor Jo Beall, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics '..

Price: $233.99

Geospatial AI for Disaster Risk Assessment and Resilience (Methods and Applications)

Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:14:27 +0000

Addresses the growing complexity of 21st-century disasters through geospatial AI and intelligent technologies. It demonstrates how AI, machine learning, GIS, remote sensing, and IoT transform disaster risk reduction and resilience building, particularly in the Global South and India. It is a mu..

Price: $189.99

Resilience in Emergency Management (Core Concepts and Practical Applications)

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 19:07:23 +0000

Resilience in Emergency Management: Core Concepts and Practical Applications delivers essential knowledge and practical tools for navigating the complexities of emergency management and resilience.

Price: $233.99

Disaster Recovery through Women's Eyes (Reimagining Resilience)

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 17:09:43 +0000

This book (re)centres women’s situated knowledges as a powerful starting point for analyzing disaster recovery and rethinking the contested concept of resilience.

Price: $233.99

Protecting Seniors Against Environmental Disasters (From Hazards and Vulnerability to Prevention and Resilience)

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:29:37 +0000

This book connects the dots between two powerful trends in the US: the rapid growth of the 65+ year old population and the marked increase in natural and human-caused environmental disasters. Inevitably, these two trends lead to more environmental disasters disproportionately impacting seniors, un..

Price: $233.99