Reducing vulnerability to natural hazards.

By:

Foster, Harold D

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: JAN 1984Description: 30 p. : illSubject(s):

Subject: Briefly discusses an interrelated series of steps that can be taken to achieve the worthwhile objective of encouraging local authorities to plan comprehensively to reduce risk. It is no longer adequate to refer to disasters as Acts of God as in the final analysis it is society which will suffer the catastrophes it deserves

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	363.348 FOS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		005265766

Includes bibliographical references

Reprinted from The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance; Vol. 9 No. 30; January 1984; pp27-56

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Briefly discusses an interrelated series of steps that can be taken to achieve the worthwhile objective of encouraging local authorities to plan comprehensively to reduce risk. It is no longer adequate to refer to disasters as Acts of God as in the final analysis it is society which will suffer the catastrophes it deserves

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