A Safer future : reducing the impacts of natural disasters /
A Safer future : reducing the impacts of natural disasters /
U.S. National Committee for the Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1991.
- 1 online resource (vii, 67 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-67).
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"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."--Website description
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English.
0585143641 9780585143644 1280203536 9781280203534 9786610203536 6610203539 0309597757 9780309597753
Natural disasters.
Emergency management.
Disaster relief.
Natural Disasters
Relief Work
Catastrophes naturelles.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes.
natural disasters.
NATURE--Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Disaster relief.
Emergency management.
Natural disasters.
GB5014 / .S23 1991eb
363.34
Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-67).
Use copy
"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."--Website description
Electronic reproduction.
[Place of publication not identified] :
HathiTrust Digital Library,
2010.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
English.
0585143641 9780585143644 1280203536 9781280203534 9786610203536 6610203539 0309597757 9780309597753
Natural disasters.
Emergency management.
Disaster relief.
Natural Disasters
Relief Work
Catastrophes naturelles.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes.
natural disasters.
NATURE--Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Disaster relief.
Emergency management.
Natural disasters.
GB5014 / .S23 1991eb
363.34