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      The New Year’s Eve Flood on Oahu, Hawaii: December 31, 1987-January 1, 1988

      Committee on Natural Disasters,National Research Council,John A. Dracup,National Academy of Sciences

      Documents and analyzes the meteorological conditions leading to torrential rains, the causes and patterns of flooding, the performance of flood control structures in affected areas, the extent of damages. This…

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      The Eruption of Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano Colombia, South America, November 13, 1985

      Committee on Natural Disasters,Division of Natural Hazard Mitigation,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      On November 13, 1985, catastrophic mudflows swept down the slopes of the erupting Nevado del Ruiz volcano. This volume analyzes the disaster’s many aspects: the extent, constitution, and behavior of…

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      The March 5, 1987 Ecuador Earthquakes: Mass Wasting and Socioeconomic Effects

      Committee on Natural Disasters,National Research Council,R.L. Schuster,Josae Egred,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides an account of the 1987 Ecuador earthquakes, evaluating the physical phenomena involved and the performance of structures and systems. This book identifies and recommends cases where a study would…

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      Saragosa, Texas, Tornado, May 22, 1987: An Evaluation of the Warning System

      Committee on Natural Disasters,Division of Natural Hazard Mitigation,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      The small community of Saragosa, Texas, was devastated by a violent multiple-vortex tornado in 1987. This book aims to combine the information provided by the respondents to a post disaster…

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      Summary of a Workshop on Using Information Technology to Enhance Disaster Management

      National Research Council,Computer Science and Telecommunications Board,Committee on Using Information Technology to Enhance Disaster Management,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Summary of a Workshop on Using Information Technology to Enhance Disaster Management (2005)

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      Violence in Urban America: Mobilizing a Response

      Committee on Law and Justice,National Research Council and John F. Kennedy School of Government,Harvard University,National Research Council,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences,National Academy of Sciences

      A summary of a unique conference on urban violence in which mayors, police chiefs, local, and federal agency experts, and researchers provide practical ideas to combat violence in urban America…

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      A Safer Future: Reducing the Impacts of Natural Disasters

      U.S. National Committee for the Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Contains the initial priorities for US participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. This book focuses on seven issues: hazard and risk assessment; awareness and education; mitigation; preparedness…

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      Ecologically Based Pest Management: New Solutions for a New Century

      Committee on Pest and Pathogen Control Through Management of Biological Control Agents and Enhanced Cycles and Natural Processes,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Evaluates the feasibility of EBPM and examines how best to move beyond optimal examples into the mainstream of agriculture. This book stresses the need for information, identifies research priorities in…

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      The Demography of Forced Migration: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee on Population,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      To explore a range of issues about internally displaced persons and refugees, the Committee on Population of the National Research Council organized a Workshop on the Demography of Forced Migration…

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      How Students Learn: Science in the Classroom

      Committee on How People Learn: A Targeted Report for Teachers,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      In this volume, practical questions that confront every science teacher are addressed using the latest research on cognition, teaching, and learning.

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      Welfare, the Family, and Reproductive Behavior: Report of a Meeting

      Committee on Population,National Research Council and Institute of Medicine,National Academy of Sciences,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

      The design of welfare programs in an era of reform and devolution to the states must take into account the likely effects of programs on demographic behavior. This book of…

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      How Students Learn: History in the Classroom

      Committee on How People Learn: A Targeted Report for Teachers,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      In this volume, practical questions that confront every history teacher are addressed using the latest research on cognition, teaching, and learning.

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      Preventing Earthquake Disasters, The Grand Challenge in Earthquake Engineering: A Research Agenda for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES)

      Committee to Develop a Long-Term Research Agenda for the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES),National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides an assessment of earthquake engineering research issues and the role of information technology in that research effort. This work presents an overview of the challenge, including six critical research…

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      How Students Learn: Mathematics in the Classroom

      Committee on How People Learn: A Targeted Report for Teachers,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      In this volume, practical questions that confront every mathematics teacher are addressed using the latest research on cognition, teaching, and learning.

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      How Students Learn: History, Mathematics, and Science in the Classroom

      Committee on How People Learn,A Targeted Report for Teachers,Center for Studies on Behavior and Development,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      With the pressure mounting, teachers are searching for the right tools to ensure that their students learn. Is the answer better curriculum? Perhaps smaller class sizes? This text looks at…

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      Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters: The Perspective from the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Mississippi: Summary of a Workshop

      Committee on Increasing National Resilience to Hazards and Disasters,National Research Council

      Natural disasters are having an increasing effect on the lives of people in the United States and throughout the world. Every decade, property damage caused by natural disasters and hazards…

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      Malaria Control During Mass Population Movements and Natural Disasters

      Peter B. Bloland,Holly Ann Williams,Roundtable on the Demography of Forced Migration,National Research Council,Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University

      Malaria Control During Mass Population Movements and Natural Disasters provides a basic overview of the state of knowledge of epidemiology of malaria and public health interventions and practices for controlling…

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      Tools and Methods for Estimating Populations at Risk from Natural Disasters and Complex Humanitarian Crises

      Committee on the Effective Use of Data, Methodologies, and Technologies to Estimate Subnational Populations at Risk,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Worldwide, millions of people are displaced annually because of natural or industrial disasters or social upheaval. This book reviews various methods and tools for making estimates of subnational populations and…

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      The Resilience of the Electric Power Delivery System in Response to Terrorism and Natural Disasters: Summary of a Workshop

      National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Energy and Environmental Systems,Planning Committee for the Workshop on the Resilience of the Electric Power System to Terrorism and Natural Disasters

      Presents the summary of a workshop convened in February 2013 as a follow-up to the release of the National Research Council report Terrorism and the Electric Power Delivery System.

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