Environmental health in emergencies and disasters: a practical guide

Distills what is known about environmental health during an emergency or disaster. Draws on results from the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, and on experience with sustainable development between the two Earth Summits. The volume is intended for practitioners, as well as for policy makers and researchers, and thus covers both general and technical aspects of environmental h…

Introduction to emergency management

Details practices, strategies, and the key players involved in emergency management, especially in the US but also around the world. This title includes case studies that offer specific examples of disasters and how they were managed.

Principles of emergency planning and management

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9781903544105

Collation

xii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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Call Number

[TLK-LIB-73]

Harvard business review on profiting from green business

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Selected Papers from the Proceedings of the 2016 World Environmental and Wate…

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