A Safer Future

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  • A Safer Future Book Detail

  • Author : National Research Council
  • Release Date : 1991-02-01
  • Publisher : National Academies Press
  • Genre : Science
  • Pages : 85
  • ISBN 13 : 0309045460
  • File Size : 22,22 MB

A Safer Future by National Research Council PDF Summary

Book Description: 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.

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