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Book Review: Case Studies in Disaster Recovery

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Paperback ISBN: 9780128095744 eBook ISBN: 9780128095362. Each chapter is written by (a) a different author(s). The discussions are based on many years of practical experience and/or research conducted by the authors. The discussions are based on many years of practical experience and/or research conducted by the authors.

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Book Review: The Invention of Disaster

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Book Review: The Invention of Disaster: Power of Knowledge in Discourses of Hazard and Vulnerability. Author : JC Gaillard, Professor of Geography, University of Auckland, New Zealand. Pages: 252; hardcover price $128.00; eBook: $39.16; Amazon hardcover price $137.66 Series Editor: Ilan Kelman.

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Book Review: Constructing Risk

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Hardback 978-`-80073-162-2 $60.00; Ebook 978-1-80073-163-9 $29.95 223] “Now populations around the globe again face a risk of catastrophic loss generated by human action—put simply, development-induced vulnerability to natural hazard events, including climate change and sea level rise. 4 of Catastrophes in Context.