Title:
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A SAFER FUTURE
REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF NATURAL DISASTERS |
By: |
U.S. National Committee for the Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources, Division on Earth and Life Studies |
Format: |
Paperback |
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£8.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
0309045460 |
ISBN 13: |
9780309045469 |
Publisher: |
NATIONAL ACADEMIES PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 January, 1991 |
Pages: |
76 |
Description: |
Contains the initial priorities for US participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction. This book focuses on seven issues: hazard and risk assessment; awareness and education; mitigation; preparedness for emergency response; recovery and reconstruction; prediction and warning; learning from disasters; and US participation. |
Synopsis: |
Initial priorities for U.S. participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, declared by the United Nations, are contained in this volume. It focuses on seven issues: hazard and risk assessment; awareness and education; mitigation; preparedness for emergency response; recovery and reconstruction; prediction and warning; learning from disasters; and U.S. participation internationally. The committee presents its philosophy of calls for broad public and private participation to reduce the toll of disasters. |
Publication: |
US |
Imprint: |
National Academies Press |
Returns: |
Returnable |