World disasters report
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World disasters report
Martinus Nijhoff, 1993-
- 1993
- 1994
- 1995
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
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1993 ISBN 9780792322689
Description
Disaster response has been described as the last resort of the amateur: an unkind assessment but not without a grain of truth. Disaster generates an emotional response, and new disaster organisations are born with each new disaster. Lessons of the past on disaster management have to be learned anew.
The need to increase the professionalism of disaster response is evident. All the more so as, in disaster terms, the world is getting worse, not better. Disasters become more complex, frequently involving the interaction of a disaster event, politics and technology.
The last few years have also seen a growth in research into the area of disaster response. Too often, however, disaster researchers and disaster organisations have gone their separate ways. There is a need for these two groups to get together to devise more practical and professional approaches to disaster response.
The World Disasters Report, produced by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies with the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, is a contribution to this effort of professionalisation. It provides facts and statistics, analysis and an exploration of trends, to dispel a number of myths about disasters and to define and advocate good practice.
This is the first volume of Annual Reports which will become a vital tool for all those involved in the area of disaster response.
Table of Contents
Section One: Why a World Disasters Report? I: Acknowledgements. II: Preface: No more Vital a Challenge. III: How to Use the World Disasters Report. Section Two: World Picture of Disasters. I: Disasters Today. II: Disaster Trends. III: Disaster Causes and Effects. Section Three: Dynamics of Disasters. I: AIDS. II: Famine. III: Flood Disasters. IV: High Wind Disasters. V: Refugees and Displaced People Disasters. VI: Epidemic Disasters. VII: Earthquake Disasters. VIII: Volcanic Disasters. Section Four: Disaster Database. I: Disasters Definitions. II: Statistics. III: Who's Who in Disasters. IV: Index.
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1994 ISBN 9780792328261
Description
The World Disasters Report, the first of its kind, makes a major contribution towards a more professional response to disasters worldwide. Drawing on the experience and expertise of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the world's oldest and largest disaster agency, the Report provides a clear analysis and discussion of modern disaster trends, supported throughout by numerous facts and statistics.
It covers in particular the following key features:- The regional distribution of disasters and the main issues relating to disaster response - Trends in the changing nature of disasters - The causes and effects of today's disasters and the vulnerability of certain groups of people to such events - Common questions raised and misconceptions held about disasters - The impact and effects of the main common types of disasters, and an examination of how such events have been tackled - Various disaster definitions, developed to assist disaster analysis and research - A comprehensive compilation of global disaster statistics, prepared by the Brussels-based Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) - A full listing of organisations involved in disasters worldwide. An essential source of reference on disaster issues for governments, local authorities and indigenous community groups, the World Disasters Report will also be of great practical value to all relief agencies.
Table of Contents
List of illustrations and tables. Introduction. Section One: Knowledge, Power and Need in Disasters. Part I. How the misuse of power creates vulnerability. Part II. A professional code for disaster-response agencies. Part III. Information and vulnerability: how secrecy kills. Part IV. Building response on indigenous knowledge. Part V. Anti-personnel mines: 200 million disasters. Section Two: The Year in Disasters 1993. Part VI. Appeal and needs: a year of Federation's operations. Part VII. Somalia: response without government. Part VIII. Former Yugoslavia: the challenge for agencies. Part IX. Southern Africa: holding back famine. Part X. Nordeste Brazil: an impending disaster. Part XI. India: earthquake myths and realities. Part XII. Caucasus: poverty, conflict and disaster. Section Three: Disasters Database 1968-1993. Part XIII. Getting the facts and figures right. Part XIV. Tables and charts 1968-1993. Part XV. Further reading. Part XVI. The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, contact details. Fundamental Principles of The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
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1995 ISBN 9789041100382
Description
The World Disasters Report, the first of its kind, makes a major contribution towards a more professional response to disasters worldwide. Drawing on the experience and expertise of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the world's oldest and largest disaster agency, the Report provides a clear analysis and discussion of modern disaster trends, supported throughout by numerous facts and statistics.
It covers in particular the following key features: The regional distribution of disasters and the main issues relating to disaster response. Trends in the changing nature of disasters.The causes and effects of today's disasters and the vulnerability of certain groups of people to such events. Common questions raised and misconceptions held about disasters. The impact and effects of the main common types of disasters, and an examination of how such events have been tackled. Various disaster definitions, developed to assist disaster analysis and research. A comprehensive compilation of global disaster statistics, prepared by the Brussels-based Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED). A full listing of organisations involved in disasters worldwide. An essential source of reference on disaster issues for governments, local authorities and indigenous community groups, the World Disasters Report will also be of great practical value to all relief agencies.
Table of Contents
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. List of Illustrations. Introduction. Section One: Key Issues. 1. Addressing Humanitarian Needs Around Conflicts. 2. UN Sanctions and the Humanitarian Crisis. Section Two: Methodologies. 3. Doing the Right Thing: Why Good Practice? 4. Turning Early Warning into Livelihood Monitoring. 5. Evaluation: Measuring Effects not Process. Section Three: The Year In Disasters 1994. 6. International Federation Needs and Appeals. 7. Rwanda: Dilemmas of a Total Disaster. 8. Mozambique: Back to Tough Times. 9. Bangladesh: How to Survive a Cyclone. 10. Ethiopia: Ten Years on, Could it Starve Again? Section Four: Disasters Database. 11. Meeting the Need for Systematic Data. 12. Early Warning Systems: A Selective Guide. 13. International Federation Delegation Network. 14. National Societies: The Global Reach. 15. Information Sources and Further Reading. 16. Signatories to the Code of Conduct. The International Federation on the Internet. World Disasters Report Publications Information. World Disasters Report Publications Order Form. Advertisers. Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.
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