A Safer Future

A Safer Future

Reducing the Impacts of Natural Disasters

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309045469
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309597753
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1991
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 85
  • Language: English

Initial priorities for U.S. participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, declared by the United Nations, are contained in this volume. It focuses on seven issues: hazard and risk assessment; awareness and education; mitigation; preparedness for emergency response; recovery and reconstruction; prediction and warning; learning from disasters; and U.S. participation internationally.

The committee presents its philosophy of calls for broad public and private participation to reduce the toll of disasters.

  • Cover
  • Front Matter
  • Executive Summary
  • 1. The U.S. Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
  • 2. Hazard and Risk Assessment
  • 3. Awareness and Education
  • 4. Mitigation
  • 5. Preparedness for Emergency Response, Recovery, and Reconstruction
  • 6. Prediction and Warning
  • 7. Learning from Disasters
  • 8. U.S. Participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction
  • 9. Organization of the U.S. Decade
  • Appendix: Hazard Reduction Checklist
  • Suggested Readings
  • Additional Images

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