Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of the Local Authorities Confronting Disasters & Emergencies : LACDE, Vina del Mar, Chile, 30 November-3 December 1998.

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Disaster reduction in the twenty-first century -- Social involvement in the monitoring of the hills of Recife -- Transformation of vulnerable places, a contribution to development -- A management model in civil protection for the local level -- The Chilean Tsunami warning system and application of the time project to the Chilean coast -- An outlook about experiences on forest fires -- National plan for cooperation in the disaster prevention -- Central America : a region of multiple threats -- Desinventar - disaster inventory system -- Social involvement in disasters "growing (in) safety" program -- Key factors in the analysis of crisis response -- Information technology for government