A safer future: reducing the impacts of natural disasters/
National Research Council (U.S.)
- Washington: National Academy Press, 1991.
- vii, 67 p. ill. ; 28 cm.
1 Front Matter-- 2 Executive Summary-- 3 1. The U.S. Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction-- 4 2. Hazard and Risk Assessment-- 5 3. Awareness and Education-- 6 4. Mitigation-- 7 5. Preparedness for Emergency Response, Recovery, and Reconstruction-- 8 6. Prediction and Warning-- 9 7. Learning from Disasters-- 10 8. U.S. Participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction-- 11 9. Organization of the U.S. Decade-- 12 Appendix: Hazard Reduction Checklist-- 13 Suggested Readings-- 14 Additional Images-- Other Titles: Reducing the impacts of natural disasters.