Natural hazard reduction and sustainable development : a global assessment.
Material type: TextSeries: Working paper (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Center for Urban and Regional Studies) ; S95-02Publication details: [Chapel Hill, N.C. : The Center?], 1995Description: 36 pDDC classification:- 363.34 21
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This paper reviews key findings and raises issues that are not fully addressed by the predominate literatures in natural hazards planning and international development planning. Achievement of sustainable development through pre-disaster planning and recovery, and the role international aid plays in linking natural hazards reduction to sustainable development, is the central issue of the review. The paper consists of five parts: 1) trends in worldwide natural hazard losses are assessed to identify the types of countries that are most in need of hazard reduction efforts; 2) the potential application of the underlying principles of sustainable development to natural hazards reduction is examined; 3) the political and institutional constraints to linking natural hazards to sustainable development, and suggestions on how the constraints can be overcome are discussed; 4) conclusions on the current understanding of natural hazards and sustainable development are provided; and, 5) a conceptual framework is offered for evaluating how humanitarian aid is used to link natural hazard risk reduction to sustainable development strategies
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