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A safer future: reducing the impacts of natural disasters/ National Research Council (U.S.)

Contributor(s): National Research Council (U.S.) | National Committee for the Decade for Natural Disaster ReductionMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington: National Academy Press, 1991Description: vii, 67 p. ill. ; 28 cmISBN: 9780309045469Subject(s): Natural disasters | Disaster relief | Emergency managementDDC classification: 363.64

Contents:

1 Front Matter-- 2 Executive Summary-- 3 1. The U.S. Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction-- 4 2. Hazard and Risk Assessment-- 5 3. Awareness and Education-- 6 4. Mitigation-- 7 5. Preparedness for Emergency Response, Recovery, and Reconstruction-- 8 6. Prediction and Warning-- 9 7. Learning from Disasters-- 10 8. U.S. Participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction-- 11 9. Organization of the U.S. Decade-- 12 Appendix: Hazard Reduction Checklist-- 13 Suggested Readings-- 14 Additional Images-- Other Titles: Reducing the impacts of natural disasters.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	363.64 NRC/A (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P08439

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1 Front Matter--
2 Executive Summary--
3 1. The U.S. Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction--
4 2. Hazard and Risk Assessment--
5 3. Awareness and Education--
6 4. Mitigation--
7 5. Preparedness for Emergency Response, Recovery, and Reconstruction--
8 6. Prediction and Warning--
9 7. Learning from Disasters--
10 8. U.S. Participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction--
11 9. Organization of the U.S. Decade--
12 Appendix: Hazard Reduction Checklist--
13 Suggested Readings--
14 Additional Images--
Other Titles: Reducing the impacts of natural disasters.

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