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Disaster risk reduction : mitigation and preparedness in development and emergency programming / John Twigg.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: London, U.K. : Humanitarian Practice Network, 2004.Description: ix, 365 p. : illISBN:
  • 0850036941
Partial contents:
Introduction -- Disasters explained -- Institutionalising risk reduction -- Project planning -- Partnerships and stakeholders -- Marginalised groups -- Community-level risk reduction -- Participation -- Indigenous knowledge and coping strategies -- Choosing technologies for disaster reduction -- Education, information, communications -- Policy, regulations, accountability and advocacy -- Economic and financial mechanisms for risk reduction -- Managing urban risk -- Slow-onset disasters -- Preparing for disasters and emergencies -- Risk reduction after disaster -- Monitoring and evaluation.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction -- Disasters explained -- Institutionalising risk reduction -- Project planning -- Partnerships and stakeholders -- Marginalised groups -- Community-level risk reduction -- Participation -- Indigenous knowledge and coping strategies -- Choosing technologies for disaster reduction -- Education, information, communications -- Policy, regulations, accountability and advocacy -- Economic and financial mechanisms for risk reduction -- Managing urban risk -- Slow-onset disasters -- Preparing for disasters and emergencies -- Risk reduction after disaster -- Monitoring and evaluation.

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