Documents and publications

Life in the desert holds a range of biological adaptations. From camels to desert scorpions to snakes, the biodiversity of these areas is fascinating. "Deserts" presents the intricacies of this seemingly barren and harsh ecosystem, explaining how and why

Arabian Deserts provides a comprehensive coverage of all the deserts of Arabia largely based on the author’s experience in Arabia over the last fifty years. It deals with every type of desert found there, including those formed by great sand seas, dune

Environmental issue report, no. 35.

This report brings together information about natural disasters and technological accidents that have occurred across Europe in recent years and their impacts on the environment and society.  The report concentrates on

Volume 2 centres on the analysis and management of risk in society, in international business and multinationals, and globally. The ’acceptability’ of risk to an individual depends on the context, whether the larger society or in, say, a corporate

This second edition confronts a further ten years of ever more expensive and deadly disasters since the book was first published and discusses disaster not as an aberration, but as a signal failure of mainstream 'development'.

Part I provides two

This book is a unique compilation of state-of-the-art vulnerability assessment and is essential reading for academics, students, policy makers, practitioners, and anybody else interested in understanding the fundamentals of measuring vulnerability. It is

Does development expose more people to disasters? What is the cost of failing to prepare? The tenth edition of the World Disasters Report argues that risk reduction is an essential condition for sustainable development. It examines preparedness and

The key to understanding the causes of disasters and mitigating their impacts is the concept of ’vulnerability’. Mapping vulnerability analyses this concept as central to the way we understand disasters and their magnitude and impact. Written and edited