A Safer Future:

Reducing the Impacts of Natural Disasters

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Size: 76 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:1991

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U.S. National Committee for the Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, National Research Council
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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; ...
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Front Matter	i-viii
Executive Summary	1-6	(skim)
1. The U.S. Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction	7-12	(skim)
2. Hazard and Risk Assessment	13-16	(skim)
3. Awareness and Education	17-20	(skim)
4. Mitigation	21-28	(skim)
5. Preparedness for Emergency Response, Recovery, and Reconstruction	29-36	(skim)
6. Prediction and Warning	37-44	(skim)
7. Learning from Disasters	45-48	(skim)
8. U.S. Participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction	49-56	(skim)
9. Organization of the U.S. Decade	57-60	(skim)
Appendix: Hazard Reduction Checklist	61-64	(skim)
Suggested Readings	65-68	(skim)
Additional Images	69-76	(skim)

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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.

A Safer Future:

Reducing the Impacts of Natural Disasters

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