The Urban Pivot: resilience in a time of global disruption captures a pivotal moment in the history of our cities. When the COVID-19 pandemic forced a global pause, it did not spell the end of urban life but rather acted as a great accelerator, expo...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526178114)
This is a study of disasters cyclones, earthquakes and famines in British India, 1770-1934, through a reading of a vast archive of colonial texts. -- ....Loe edasi...
We are living in a period of global volatility in which intersecting crises are combining with devastating impacts for people already living in and near poverty. This book carefully examines the dynamics of these crises and challenges us to find n...Loe edasi...
We are living in a period of global volatility in which intersecting crises are combining with devastating impacts for people living in and near poverty. This book examines the dynamics of these crises and challenges us to find new ways forward fo...Loe edasi...
Melanie Oppenheimer, Neville Wylie, Susanne Schech, Romain Fathi, Jordan Evans
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009702232)
This history of the League of Red Cross Societies (now International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent) examines its origins and evolution since 1919. The authors argue it is impossible to understand todays Red Cross movement without the hum...Loe edasi...
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Sari: FAO Statistical Pocketbook World Food and Agriculture
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Apr-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), ISBN-13: 9789251401750)
This Pocketbook provides quick and easy access to top-level numbers, charts and maps on the many dimensions of food and agriculture ranging from the characteristics of the sector to production, prices and trade, as well as food security and nutriti...Loe edasi...
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Sari: FAO Statistical Yearbook World Food and Agriculture
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Apr-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), ISBN-13: 9789251401743)
The Statistical Yearbook 2025 offers a synthesis of the major factors at play in the global food and agricultural landscape. Statistics are presented in four thematic chapters, covering the economic importance of agricultural activities, inputs, out...Loe edasi...
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Sari: The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Apr-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), ISBN-13: 9789251399378)
This years report highlights how elevated inflation in many countries has undermined purchasing power and, especially among low-income populations, access to healthy diets. The report documents how high food price inflation is associated with incre...Loe edasi...
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Sari: Food Outlook Biannual Report on Global Food Markets
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Apr-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), ISBN-13: 9789251398791)
This biannual publication focuses on developments affecting global food commodity markets. FAOs latest assessments indicate a relatively optimistic outlook, with production and trade of all commodities, except sugar, anticipated to increase. However...Loe edasi...
This book critically examines the effectiveness of EU humanitarian aid delivery in the wake of multiple crises.Focusing on four primary case studies – Myanmar, Lebanon, Mozambique, and Mali – which present distinct crisis types (complex, hu...Loe edasi...
This book presents in-depth case studies to examine the complex interplay between crises, displacement, and foreign aid in the Horn of Africa. Dolapo Fakuade and Erman Akilli present in-depth case studies to examine the complex interpla...Loe edasi...
In the heart of Northeast Nigeria, where communities are battered by the ravages of insurgency and the collapse of essential systems, a silent yet deadly crisis unfolds: malnutrition. This book explores how strategic communication can serve as a lif...Loe edasi...
This book explores the shifting role and relevance of humanitarian action today, through the prism of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF). This important and candid self-critical analysis will be an important read for humanitari...Loe edasi...
This book explores the shifting role and relevance of humanitarian action today, through the prism of Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF). This important and candid self-critical analysis will be an important read for humanitari...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Jan-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526194862)
This book investigates both short- and long-term responses to disaster in the British Caribbean. It is the first to examine the informal negotiations that took place on the ground between the colonial authorities and the African-Caribbean population,...Loe edasi...
A doctor’s personal and unfiltered diary of the war in Gaza It’s 1 a.m. in central Gaza, and emergency physician Salman Khalid is jolted awake by a text message that simply says, “mass casualty.” As part of a three-member team providing care...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Jan-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526183194)
United States and Chinese foreign assistance and diplomacy addresses the analytic weaknesses of mainstream analysis of foreign aid, which often focuses on its material dimensions. The book underscores the constitutive relationship between foreign aid...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-Dec-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, ISBN-13: 9783111314495)
This volume focuses on the 1956 Hungarian refugee crisis, when 200,000 Hungarians fled to Western Europe and beyond after the Soviet invasion. Although the number of refugees was not outstanding by global standards, the book shows that the event had...Loe edasi...
For the last twenty years, Dr Hawa Abdi and her daughters have run a refugee camp on their family farm not far from Mogadishu which has grown to shelter 90,000 displaced Somalis: men, women, and children in urgent need of medical attention. As Islam...Loe edasi...
Recent crises relating to non-governmental aid organisations have brought into sharp focus the need for a greater understanding of the safeguarding challenges which the international aid and development sector faces, and how to respond to them in...Loe edasi...
