¿Qué pasará en el futuro inmediato? ¿Cómo cambiará la economía, la tecnología y la salud? Este libro da respuestas a todo lo que nos ha sobrevenido y tal vez podría estar por llegar, reflejando en paralelo las catástrofes, conspiraciones y profecías que nos ayudan a entender mejor los cambios que ya está anticipando el mundo en que vivimos. Todo será distinto. Probablemente ya lo sabíamos, pues el concepto de fin de los tiempos alude...

This book provides an overview of disaster management, covering all stages from preparedness to recovery. It defines Emergency Management and examines its historical context, highlighting key disasters that have influenced the field. Central to the discussion is Disaster Resilience, emphasizing understanding resilience frameworks and their role in mitigating disaster impacts. It discusses Risk Assessment and Hazard Analysis, focusing on identifying...

Join B. J. Hollars as he takes readers on a whirlwind tour of destruction: from Fort Wayne's almost-obliteration at the hands of Adolf Hitler, to Tuscaloosa's 2011 tornado, and finally, to a triple lynching that occurred in Duluth in the summer of 1920. Spanning nearly a continent and a century, Hollars re-reports the details of these destructions, uncovering new facts and new perspectives in the swirl of what little remains. Relying on equal parts...

Emergency exercises address and reveal the significant gaps between plans and capabilities. They are an important component of an organization's emergency planning and preparedness, yet few emergency managers and practitioners have training in designing or evaluating emergency exercises. In this practical handbook, author Robert McCreight explains the essential elements and core principles of exercise design and evaluation. The book focuses on natural...

A September morning in 1989 changed Alton's history forever. At 7:34 a.m., a Dr Pepper truck collided with Mission School Bus no. 6. After the bus and its occupants plunged into a water-filled caliche pit, twenty-one students lost their lives. The resulting investigation flooded the small South Texas community with reporters and lawyers. The heavily scrutinized legal battle divided the city, but it did ultimately produce changes in school bus safety...

During the nineteenth century, more than three hundred boats met their end in the steamboat graveyard that was the Lower Missouri River, from Omaha to its mouth. Although derided as little more than an "orderly pile of kindling," steamboats were, in fact, technological marvels superbly adapted to the river's conditions. Their light superstructure and long, wide, flat hulls powered by high-pressure engines drew so little water that they could cruise...

Development of various sciences invoked the Medical Council of India (MCI) New Delhi to start a department of Emergency Medicine in Medical Colleges of India. Skills of various specialists are, pooled to save a life in peril. Disaster of various natures may be manmade or natural were taking toll of many precious lives. This compelled the MCI to think about Emergency Medicine. Rehabilitation is a process, which is very closely, linked with medical...

Here is Jay Robert Nash's exhaustive chronology of world disaster's-900 disasters, from sinking ships to famines treated in-depth, often accompanied by eye-witness accounts and illustrations. But “Darkest Hour” is no mere listing, no dry catalog of events. In hundreds of instances Nash's research led him behind the event itself to the intensely human story of reactions to catastrophe. He has put together fascinating accounts of incredible courage...

Are you prepared for the unexpected? Imagine navigating through sudden and adverse scenarios-at home, school, or work. What would you do? How would you react? In Survival 101: Essential Skills for Any Emergency, Greta Rose provides a comprehensive guide to help you prepare for emergencies and act decisively when they occur. From natural disasters like floods and earthquakes to everyday challenges such as power outages and highway accidents, this book...

The textbook is intended for students of basic and master academic studies, as well as to a wider professional audience (members of the emergency services, etc.), who are increasingly faced with the need for a more thorough understanding of the problem of a multidisciplinary approach in the identification process, disaster risk analysis and treatment. The content of the textbook is in line with the curriculum of the subject "Disaster Risk Management",...