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082 _a363.64
_bNAT/A
245 2 _aA safer future: reducing the impacts of natural disasters/
_cNational Research Council (U.S.)
260 _aWashington:
_bNational Academy Press,
_c1991.
300 _avii, 67 p.
_bill. ;
_c28 cm.
505 _a1 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.
650 _aNatural disasters
650 _aDisaster relief
650 _aEmergency management
710 _aNational Research Council (U.S.)
710 _aNational Committee for the Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction.
942 _cWB16