A safer future: reducing the impacts of natural disasters.

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The U.S. decade for natural disaster reduction; Hazard and risk assessment; Awareness and education; Mitigation; Preparedness for emergency response, recovery and reconstruction; Prediction and warning; Learning from disasters; U.S. participation in the International decade for natural disaster reduction; Organization of the U.S. decade; Hazard reduction checklist

This report proposes a multidisciplinary program that integrates the following elements: hazard and risk assessments; awareness and education; mitigation preparedness for emergency response, recovery, and reconstruction; prediction and warning; strategies for learning from disasters; and international cooperation. These seven elements must be developed in unison so that, collectively, they can provide a framework for hazard reduction over the next 10 years and beyond. This report sets forth recommendations for each element