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Disaster Risk and Resilience | Mātai Aituā, Tūraru, me te Manahau: Books

We use the Library of Congress classification system for arrangement. Every item in the Library has a unique call number which can be found by using the Library Catalogue. Books which are in high demand for particular courses are held in special High Demand Collections. To see the list for your course, type the course code into the Course code search in the Library Catalogue, e.g. BIOL111.

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Subject Areas

Call Number

Subject

GB 5000 - GB 5030 EPS Library

Natural Disasters

HV 551.2-639 Central Library

Emergency management

HV 553-639

Relief in case of disasters

HV 560-583

Red Cross. Red Crescent

HV 599-639

Special types of disasters

QE 500-639.5 EPS Library

Dynamic and structural geology

QE 521-545

Volcanoes and earthquakes

QE 601-613.5

Structural geology