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International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
Tudor Rose
This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR), a United Nations initiative to reduce the negative effects of natural disasters.
This volume communicates solutions to the problems associated with natural disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and property. It includes contributions from over 100 experts in hazard observation and helped to raise the profile of the IDNDR initiative, bringing issues concerning natural disaster management to a wider audience.
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Hazards
Cold wave
Cyclone
Drought
Earthquake
Flood
Heatwave
Landslide
Storm surge
Technical disaster
Tsunami
Volcano
Wildfire
Themes
Advocacy and media
Climate change
Community-based DRR
Critical infrastructure
Disaster risk management
Early warning
Economics of DRR
Education and school safety
Environment and ecosystems
GIS and mapping
Health and health facilities
Inclusion
Information management
Insurance and risk transfer
Private sector
Recovery
Risk identification and assessment
Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Social impacts and social resilience
Space and aerial technology
Structural safety
Urban risk and planning
Country and region
Australia
Bangladesh
Jamaica
Philippines
Türkiye
United States of America
ISBN/ISSN/DOI
0953614018
Number of pages
320 p.
Publication Year
1999
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