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		Image from Amazon.com	Natural disasters by Abbott, Patrick L Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Dubuque, Iowa : WCB, 1996 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: GB5014 A226N. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			The atlas of the world's worst natural disasters by Newson, Lesley Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Dorling Kindersley, 1998 Availability: Items available for reference: BU Library and Learning Space: Not for loan (1)Call number: REF GB5014 N487A. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Economic effects of natural disasters : theoretical foundations, methods, and tools / edited by Taha Chaiechi. by Chaiechi, Taha, 1977- [editor.] Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Copyright date: London : Academic Press, ©2021 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Climate change and natural disasters : transforming economies and policies for a sustainable future / Vinod Thomas. by Thomas, Vinod, 1949- [author] Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publisher: London : Routledge, 2017 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: QC903 T465C 2017. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Natural disasters and development in a globalizing world [electronic resource] / edited by Mark Pelling. by Pelling, Mark, 1967- [ed.] Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Routledge, 2003 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Flood by Clark, Champ Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Books, 1982 Other title: Planet earth : flood Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: GB1399 C527F. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Global warming, natural hazards, and emergency management / [edited by] Jane A. Bullock, George D. Haddow, Kim S. Haddow by Bullock, Jane A [ed.] Haddow, George D [ed.] Haddow, Kim S [ed.] Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, c2009 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: QC981.8 .G56 G562. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Applied Geography [electronic resource] : Principles and Practice / Michael Pacione by Pacione, Michael Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Routledge, 1999 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Cultures of disaster : society and natural hazard in the Philippines / Greg Bankoff. by Bankoff, Greg Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Routledge, 2003 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: GB 5011.76 B364C. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	The perfect storm : a true story of men against the sea / Sebastian Junger ; retold by Anne Collins by Collins, Anne, 1908- Junger, Sebastian, 1962-. The perfect storm : a true story of men against the sea Series: Macmillan readers ; intermediate level Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Juvenile; Publication details: Oxford : Macmillan, 2005 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: PE1121 C644P. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)