Aberfan

Author: Gaynor Madgwick
Publisher: Y Lolfa
ISBN: 9781784612757
Category : Aberfan (Wales)
Languages : en
Pages : 247

Book Description
On October 21, 1966, thousands of tons of coal mining waste slid down a mountainside and devastated the mining village of Aberfan. The black mass crashed through the local school. 144 people were killed, of which 116 were schoolchildren. Gaynor Madgwick was there, and severely injured at eight years old. Here, Gaynor tells her own story and interviews people affected by that day, to tell their stories of survival and healing.

Aberfan

Author: Iain McLean
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781860571336
Category : Aberfan (Wales)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Aberfan - Government & Disaster is widely recognised as the definitive study of the disaster. Following meticulous research of public records - kept confidential by the UK Government's 30-year rule - the authors, in this revised second edition, explain how and why the disaster happened and why nobody was held responsible.

Surviving Aberfan

Author: Sue Elliott
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781786230348
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 204

Book Description
Anthology of surviving the Aberfan Mining Disaster (50th Anniversary)

Geology and Mineral Resources of Nigeria

Author: Nuhu George Obaje
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540926852
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222

Book Description
Contains details on the geological units of Nigeria and the associated mineral resources. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 discusses the geology of the crystalline rocks and their regional distribution while the sedimentary basins constitute the subject of Part 2. Part 3 takes the mineral resources of Nigeria one on one, their geological environment, mode of occurrence, localities and where possible the reserves estimation. Thereafter, an account of the previous and current mining policies (including that of petroleum) of the Nigerian government is given and goes ahead to list some specific investment opportunities in the solid minerals sector.

Learning from Disasters

Author: Brian Toft
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349279021
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 145

Book Description
This compelling book offers an important insight into the way organizations implement policies and procedures to prevent future disasters occurring. The third edition includes an introductory chapter which demonstrates on a theoretical and practical level a number of reasons why individuals and groups of people fail to learn from disasters in the first place. Based on thorough research, Learning from Disasters is essential reading for all those involved in risk management, disaster planning and security and safety management.

The Anatomy of Bereavement

Author: Beverley Raphael
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134868731
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 740

Book Description
Bereavement is a painful and inevitable experience. This book shares the experience of many bereavements, how they are dealt with, understood, and eventually adapted to in the ongoing framework of human life.

Childhood in a Welsh Mining Valley

Author: Vivian Jones
Publisher: Y Lolfa
ISBN: 1784614793
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156

Book Description
Vivian Jones recounts with great warmth his childhood in a working class family within the community of a small mining village in the Welsh Valleys in the 1930s. This fascinating book brings the detail of that time, place and culture vividly back to life and considers the influence that growing up in such an environment has had on who the author is today. 11 black-and-white photographs.

Death of Justice

Author: Michael O' Brien
Publisher: Y Lolfa
ISBN: 1847716768
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
The harrowing autobiography of Michael O'Brien (one of the Cardiff Newsagent Three) who was imprisoned for 11 years for a murder he didn't commit. Michael received the largest payout ever by the police to anyone who has been wrongly convicted.

The Impact of Publicity on Corporate Offenders

Author: Brent Fisse
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438402929
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 408

Book Description
Uncertainty surrounds the use of publicity as a means of controlling corporate crime. On the one hand, some agree with Justice Brandeis's dictum that light is "the best of disinfectants...the most efficient policeman." On the other hand, many believe that corporations' internal affairs are effectively shrouded with a thick fog that prevents the light of public scrutiny from reaching them. The Impact of Publicity on Corporate Offenders is the first study to go beyond the rhetoric, through an examination of corporate experience. Fisse and Braithwaite have carried out a qualitative inquiry concerning 17 large corporations involved in publicity crises. Based mainly on interviews, the inquiry includes company employees and former employees, union officials, officers of government regulatory agencies, competitors, independent accountants, government prosecutors, public interest activists, judicial officers, stockbrokers, and other experts.

Disasters and Mental Health

Author: Juan José López-Ibor
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470021241
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
This title provides a comprehensive overview of clinical, epidemiological, psychobiological, psychosocial and service organization aspects of disaster psychiatry. It takes a practical approach and includes a series of reports on significant experiences made in this field in various regions of the world. An Unbiased and reliable reference point, endorsed by the WPA Includes contributions from internationally acclaimed experts