A Safer future : reducing the impacts of natural disasters /
"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;...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press,
1991.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | "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."--Website description |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 67 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-67). |
| ISBN: | 0585143641 9780585143644 1280203536 9781280203534 9786610203536 6610203539 0309597757 9780309597753 |
