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