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Reducing disaster risk : a challenge for development.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : United Nations Development Programme, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, c2004.Description: xii, 146 p. : ill., maps ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9211261600
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 363.347 21
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available online via the Internet at the UNDP/BCPR web site.
Summary: This report explores the connections between natural disaster risk and processes of human development. It argues that development processes intervene in the translation of physical exposure into natural disaster events, and offers examples of good practice in disaster risk reduction that can be built into ongoing development planning policy.
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At head of title: A Global Report.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-130)

This report explores the connections between natural disaster risk and processes of human development. It argues that development processes intervene in the translation of physical exposure into natural disaster events, and offers examples of good practice in disaster risk reduction that can be built into ongoing development planning policy.

Also available online via the Internet at the UNDP/BCPR web site.

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