World Disasters Report, Volume 3 (1995) - Softcover

Int Fed Of The Red Cross And Red Cresc

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9041100385 ISBN 13: 9789041100382

Publisher: Brill Nijhoff, 1995

Synopsis

World Disasters Report 1995 This report offers a 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 report provides an analysis and discussion of modern disaster trends. Full description

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Synopsis

This report offers a 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 an analysis and discussion of modern disaster trends, supported throughout by 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 compilation of global disaster statistics, prepared by the Brussels-based Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED; a full listing of organizations involved in disasters worldwide.

Aimed to be a useful source of reference on disaster issues for governments, local authorities and indigenous community groups, this report should also be of practical value to relief agencies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 9041100385
• ISBN 13: 9789041100382
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 150