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PAPERBACK list:$19.00 Web:$17.10 add to cart PDF BOOK your price: $15.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free Resources PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Facing Hazards and Disasters: Understanding Human Dimensions Improved Seismic Monitoring - Improved Decision-Making: Assessing the Value of Reduced Uncertainty Other Related Titles The March 5, 1987, Ecuador Earthquakes: Mass Wasting and Socioeconomic Effects (1991) Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 159   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Appendix B International Organizations Involved in the March 1987 Disaster Operations PUBLIC/GOVERNMENTAL CAAP - Pacto Andino CAF - Corporación Andina de Fomento IDB - Interamerican Development Bank IMF - International Monetary Fund OAS - Organization of American States (OEA) OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEP) UNDRO - United Nations Disaster Relief Organization UNESCO - United Nations Children's Fund World Bank (IBD - International Bank of Development) PRIVATE/VOLUNTARY CRS - Catholic Relief Services CATEC - Corporación de Apoyo a la Tecnología y a la Comunicación Evangelical Brotherhood Friends of the Americas HCJB - Hoy Cristo Jésus Benedictus ICRC - International Committee for the Red Cross Save the Children World Vision Page 159 Front Matter (R1-R14) Executive Summary (1-10) 1 Introduction (11-22) 2 General Geology of Northeastern Ecuador (23-28) 3 Tectonics and Seismicity (29-41) 4 Intensity and Damage Distribution (42-50) 5 Mass Wasting and Flooding (51-82) 6 Effects of Lifelines (83-99) 7 Local-Level Economic and Social Consequences (100-121) 8 Organizational Interaction in Response and Recovery (122-156) Appendix A Disaster-Management Organizations - General (157-158) Appendix B International Organizations Involved in the March 1987 Disaster Operations (159-160) Appendix C Ecuadorian Organizations Involved in the March 1987 Disaster Operations (161-163) Map (164-164)

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NATURAL DISASTER STUDIES: THE MARCH 5, 1987, ECUADOR EARTHQUAKES Appendix B International Organizations Involved in the March 1987 Disaster Operations PUBLIC/GOVERNMENTAL CAAP - Pacto Andino CAF - Corporación Andina de Fomento IDB - Interamerican Development Bank IMF - International Monetary Fund OAS - Organization of American States (OEA) OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEP) UNDRO - United Nations Disaster Relief Organization UNESCO - United Nations Children's Fund World Bank (IBD - International Bank of Development) PRIVATE/VOLUNTARY CRS - Catholic Relief Services CATEC - Corporación de Apoyo a la Tecnología y a la Comunicación Evangelical Brotherhood Friends of the Americas HCJB - Hoy Cristo Jésus Benedictus ICRC - International Committee for the Red Cross Save the Children World Vision

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NATURAL DISASTER STUDIES: THE MARCH 5, 1987, ECUADOR EARTHQUAKES NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS Argentina Belgium Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Cuba Federal Republic of Germany France German Democratic Republic Great Britain Holy See/Vatican Italy Japan Malta New Zealand Norway Paraguay People's Republic of China Peru Spain Switzerland Union of Soviet Socialist Republics United States: Agency for International Development Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance Army Corps of Engineers Embassy SOUTHCOM (military group) Peace Corps Geological Survey Uruguay Venezuela

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