Technical Committee session C : the effects of disasters on modern societies, 24 May 1994.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Nagoya, Japan : United Nations Centre for Regional Development, 1994Description: 168 p. : illOther title:

Effects of disasters on modern societies

DDC classification:

363.34 21

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	363.34 TEC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900079387

Cover title: The effects of disasters on modern societies

Includes references

Report in English, French and Spanish

Natural disaster risk in modern societies -- Disaster management in metropolitan areas -- Urban environmental degradation and vulnerability to disasters -- Risk management and preventive planning in megacities: scientific approach for action -- Coordination and integration of international projects on risk assessment in megacities -- Policies for natural disaster reduction in modern societies -- Megacities: the vulnerability of infrastructure to natural disaster -- The application of satellite remote sensing for natural disaster reduction in developing countries -- The use of mobile satellite communications in disaster mitigation -- Role of non-life insurance in disaster management systems

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