Living with risk [text] : a global review of disaster reduction intiatives / prepared as an inter-agency effort coordinated by the ISDR Secretariat.

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International Strategy for Disaster Reduction

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TextPublication details: Geneva, Switzerland : United Nations, 2002Edition: Preliminary versionDescription: 382 p. : illSubject(s):

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363.347 21

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Subject: This publication is a first effort to collect and systematise information on disaster risk reduction initiatives, by illustrating the full range of activities and some of the many factors involved. While it is still limited geographically, it has the goal to reach common understanding of the issues.

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Includes list of acronyms.

Includes bibliographical references, p. 375-382.

Ch. 1. Living with risk - focus on disaster risk education -- Ch. 2. Risk awareness and assessment -- Ch. 3. Policy and public commitment : the foundation of disaster risk reduction -- Ch. 4. Building understanding : development of knowledge and information sharing -- Ch. 5. A selection of disaster reduction applications -- Ch. 6. Related international commitments and the UN role in disaster risk reduction.

This publication is a first effort to collect and systematise information on disaster risk reduction initiatives, by illustrating the full range of activities and some of the many factors involved. While it is still limited geographically, it has the goal to reach common understanding of the issues.

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