Windstorm : coming to terms with mankind's worst natural hazard : a contribution to the United Kingdom's responses to the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction.

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : The Royal Academy of Engineering, 1995Description: 78 pISBN:

1871634504 (pbk)

DDC classification:

363.3492 20

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	363.3492 WIN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005741667

At head of title: The International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction

Cover title: A one-day Seminar held on 4 May 1995

Includes bibliographical references

Chairman's introduction: Setting the scene -- The contribution of meteorological science to wind hazard mitigation -- Strengthening urban areas -- Risk analysis: tropical and temperate climates contrasted -- Vulnerability of tropical housing: lessons for the future -- Rules and codes of practice -- The role of education and public awareness -- The role of insurance and reinsurance as applied to natural hazards catastrophes -- Disaster preparedness and mitigation: the UK approach -- Rapporteur's summary -- Speakers' profiles

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