Reducing the impact of environmental emergencies through early warnings and preparedness : executive summary : the case of the 1997-98 El Nino with country-specific findings and lessons : summary of the WMO retrospective ISDR country review / Michael H. Glantz.

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TextPublication details: Boulder, Colo. : National Center for Atmospheric Research, 2001Description: iv, 231 p. : ill., mapsDDC classification:

363.34921 21

Subject: This assessment reviewed forecasts and impacts of the 1997-98 El Nino, as well as the climate-related early warning and natural disaster preparedness systems in the following locations in order to improve their ENSO and other climate-related coping mechanisms; Cuba, Costa Rica, Panama Canal, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Bangladesh, China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Fiji. Based on the lessons drawn from these sixteen studies, the project identified research and policy needs and presented ideas for developing regional and national disaster preparedness plans for ENSO's warm (El Nino) and cold (La Nina) events and their impacts

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Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	F363.34921 RED (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011641455

"A UNEP/NCAR/WMO/UNU/ISDR Assessment"--T.p.

January 2001

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This assessment reviewed forecasts and impacts of the 1997-98 El Nino, as well as the climate-related early warning and natural disaster preparedness systems in the following locations in order to improve their ENSO and other climate-related coping mechanisms; Cuba, Costa Rica, Panama Canal, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Bangladesh, China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Fiji. Based on the lessons drawn from these sixteen studies, the project identified research and policy needs and presented ideas for developing regional and national disaster preparedness plans for ENSO's warm (El Nino) and cold (La Nina) events and their impacts

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