Natural disasters
A Safer Future
Reducing the Impacts of Natural Disasters
by 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; 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.
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- Publisher National Academies Press
- Publication Date February 1991
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9780309045469
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 12.95 USD
- Pages76
- ReadershipProfessional and scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Dimensions11 x 8.5 inches
- Biblio NotesRelated Digital edition - 9780309597753 . Copyright year 1991.
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