Report of the ESCAP regional seminar on community preparedness and disaster prevention.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1976Description: 52p., 2 appendicesReport number: Institutional/Corporate BodySubject: The seminar was divided into three parts. The first consisted of lecture sessions interspersed with group work, and the presentation of country papers. The second part covered a three day study tour to sites of interest in the Nagoya-Osaka area. The third and last part was devoted to a short session to evaluate the results of the seminar, and the formulation of conclusions to guide the future work of the participants in their own countries. The lecture sessions covered a wide range of topics beginning with lectures on the background to the warning systems and the economic aspects of tropical cyclone and flood damage. Disaster legislation and the co-ordination of national disaster prevention activities were then delt with, followed by pre-disaster preparation and planning, public information and education, and finally, relief and rehabilitation.
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Conference Dates 14-29 June 1976
The Seminar was organised by the United Nations Economic and Social Commision for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) in co-operation with the Government of Japan. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the League of Red Cross Societies (LRCS).
The seminar was divided into three parts. The first consisted of lecture sessions interspersed with group work, and the presentation of country papers. The second part covered a three day study tour to sites of interest in the Nagoya-Osaka area. The third and last part was devoted to a short session to evaluate the results of the seminar, and the formulation of conclusions to guide the future work of the participants in their own countries. The lecture sessions covered a wide range of topics beginning with lectures on the background to the warning systems and the economic aspects of tropical cyclone and flood damage. Disaster legislation and the co-ordination of national disaster prevention activities were then delt with, followed by pre-disaster preparation and planning, public information and education, and finally, relief and rehabilitation.
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