Great British Weather Disasters
Author: Philip Eden
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2008-11-20
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 082647621X
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Author: Philip Eden
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2008-11-20
Total Pages: 360
ISBN-13: 082647621X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEnvironmental impact of natural disasters & phenomena.
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 127
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Ingrid Holford
Publisher: David & Charles
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 136
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Martin Brayne
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2002-11-08
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 0750954124
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAll but forgotten now, the Great Storm of 26/27 November 1703 was the worst storm experienced in recorded history in the British Isles. Over 8000 people died and the losses of property and shipping were immense. Martin Brayne tells in vivid detail the story of this tragic and catastrophic event. While almost everyone knows something about those two classic disaster scenarios of the Stuart age, the Great Fire of 1666 and the Great Plague of the year before, hardly anyone knows the story of the Great Storm of 1703, the worst that has occurred in the British Isles. Winds and rain lashed the entire country and floods were reported almost everywhere. Famously, Henry Winstanley had the misfortune to be in the wooden lighthouse which he had designed on Eddystone Rocks of Plymouth on 26 November 1703. The lighthouse was destroyed and Winstanley died.
Author: A. H. Perry
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1981
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780049100695
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Bas van Bavel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-10-22
Total Pages: 243
ISBN-13: 1108752381
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDisasters and History offers the first comprehensive historical overview of hazards and disasters. Drawing on a range of case studies, including the Black Death, the Lisbon earthquake of 1755 and the Fukushima disaster, the authors examine how societies dealt with shocks and hazards and their potentially disastrous outcomes. They reveal the ways in which the consequences and outcomes of these disasters varied widely not only between societies but also within the same societies according to social groups, ethnicity and gender. They also demonstrate how studying past disasters, including earthquakes, droughts, floods and epidemics, can provide a lens through which to understand the social, economic and political functioning of past societies and reveal features of a society which may otherwise remain hidden from view. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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Published: 1982
Total Pages: 474
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-05-28
Total Pages: 593
ISBN-13: 1107025060
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExtreme weather and climate events, interacting with exposed and vulnerable human and natural systems, can lead to disasters. This Special Report explores the social as well as physical dimensions of weather- and climate-related disasters, considering opportunities for managing risks at local to international scales. SREX was approved and accepted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on 18 November 2011 in Kampala, Uganda.