A primer : disaster risk management in Asia / ADPC, USAID.

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TextLanguage: English Series: Disaster risk management primer for Asia ; ; General ; Vol. 1,Publication details: Bangkok, Thailand : ADPC, c2005.Description: v, 286 p. : col. ill., maps ; 30 cmSubject(s):

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Partial contents:

1. Setting the scene -- 2. Identifying policy, legal and institutional framework -- 3. Assessing the risk -- 4. Disaster preparedness for response and recovery -- 5. Mitigation planning and implementation -- 6. Knowledge development -- 7. Bringing disaster risk management to the local-level -- 8. Implementing programmes and projects.

Review: "The Primer aims to: Provide convincing arguments on the importance of disaster risk management; and the steps to be taken; Serve as a guide and reference on good practices in Asia; Present tested and sustainable disaster risk management methodologies that can be incorporated into the work of professionals; Contribute to the integration of disaster risk management in the development process." - p. 2.

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Includes bibliography (p. 281-283).

"The Primer aims to: Provide convincing arguments on the importance of disaster risk management; and the steps to be taken; Serve as a guide and reference on good practices in Asia; Present tested and sustainable disaster risk management methodologies that can be incorporated into the work of professionals; Contribute to the integration of disaster risk management in the development process." - p. 2.

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