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Fire and Flood
Extreme Events and Social Change Past, Present, Future
ISBN: 9780262552127
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 20, 2025
How extreme events, paradoxically, sow the seeds of positive response—and create opportunities for becoming adaptive to place.
Spontaneous Venturing
An Entrepreneurial Approach to Alleviating Suffering in the Aftermath of a Disaster
ISBN: 9780262546768
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 1, 2022
Identifying a new approach to disaster response: spontaneous, compassionate, and impromptu actions to alleviate suffering.
The New Internationalists
Activist Volunteers in the European Refugee Crisis
ISBN: 9781912685660
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Pub Date: December 29, 2020
An account of the mobilization of thousands of volunteers who rescued, supported, and welcomed refugees during the recent European refugee crisis.
Flint Fights Back
Environmental Justice and Democracy in the Flint Water Crisis
ISBN: 9780262536868
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 7, 2019
An account of the Flint water crisis shows that Flint's struggle for safe and affordable water is part of a broader struggle for democracy.
Disaster Robotics
ISBN: 9780262534659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 8, 2017
A comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible reference for disaster robotics that covers theory, specific deployments, and ground, air, and marine modalities.
Collaborative Resilience
Moving Through Crisis to Opportunity
ISBN: 9780262516457
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 28, 2011
Case studies and analyses investigate how collaborative response to crisis can enhance social-ecological resilience and promote community reinvention.
Fire and Flood
Extreme Events and Social Change Past, Present, Future
ISBN: 9780262552127
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 20, 2025
How extreme events, paradoxically, sow the seeds of positive response—and create opportunities for becoming adaptive to place.
Spontaneous Venturing
An Entrepreneurial Approach to Alleviating Suffering in the Aftermath of a Disaster
ISBN: 9780262546768
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: November 1, 2022
Identifying a new approach to disaster response: spontaneous, compassionate, and impromptu actions to alleviate suffering.
The New Internationalists
Activist Volunteers in the European Refugee Crisis
ISBN: 9781912685660
Publisher: Goldsmiths Press
Pub Date: December 29, 2020
An account of the mobilization of thousands of volunteers who rescued, supported, and welcomed refugees during the recent European refugee crisis.
Flint Fights Back
Environmental Justice and Democracy in the Flint Water Crisis
ISBN: 9780262536868
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: May 7, 2019
An account of the Flint water crisis shows that Flint's struggle for safe and affordable water is part of a broader struggle for democracy.
Disaster Robotics
ISBN: 9780262534659
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 8, 2017
A comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible reference for disaster robotics that covers theory, specific deployments, and ground, air, and marine modalities.
Collaborative Resilience
Moving Through Crisis to Opportunity
ISBN: 9780262516457
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 28, 2011
Case studies and analyses investigate how collaborative response to crisis can enhance social-ecological resilience and promote community reinvention.