Table of contents

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Section One - Focus on recovery
Chapter 1 Relief, recovery and root causes
Box 1.1 Un/natural disasters threaten security
Box 1.2 River erosion – a movable disaster
Box 1.3 Local response and coordination key to Gujarati recovery
Box 1.4 Shelters save lives and livelihoods
Map Orissa super-cyclone: areas affected by flood and storm damage

Chapter 2 The ecology of post-disaster recovery
Box 2.1 Measuring best value of aid to local economies
Box 2.2 East Timor diary, 20 April 2000
Box 2.3 Aid and investment to poorest nations slump
Box 2.4 Impact of world trade on disaster recovery
Box 2.5 South Pacific islands plan disaster mitigation
Figure 2.1 Plugging the leaks

Chapter 3 Somalia: programming for sustainable health care
Box 3.1 Recognizing signs of recovery
Box 3.2 Analysing Puntland's context, actors and health sector
Box 3.3 Baseline data through household surveys
Box 3.4 Qarhis: in-depth study and pilot project
Figure 3.1 The various actors and dimensions of the in-depth study
Map North-eastern Somalia

Chapter 4 Trapped in the gap – post-landslide Venezuela
Box 4.1 People-centred disaster recovery pays off
Box 4.2 Resettlement update – February 2001
Box 4.3 Reconstructing risk in Carmen de Uria
Box 4.4 Ideas to fill the gap
Box 4.5 Communities learn to map risk and response
Map: Veneuela: states affected by the December 1999 disaster

Chapter 5 Post-flood recovery in Viet Nam
Box 5.1 La Niña fuels Viet Nam's tropical storms
Box 5.2 Coastal erosion threatens thousands
Box 5.3 Principles for sustainable post-disaster family housing
Box 5.4 Education saves lives
Box 5.5 Online information – bridging the media gap
Figure 5.1 The Hue model of the 'stronger houses'
Map: Extent of flooding in Viet Nam

Chapter 6 Food crisis in Tajikistan: an unnatural disaster?
Box 6.1 Drought overlaid on structural problems: a regional crisis?
Box 6.2 The Better Programming Initiative
Box 6.3 Complex contexts demand flexible responses
Figure 6.1 Impact graph: targeting recovery interventions in Tajikistan
Map: Tajikistan

Section Two - Tracking the system
Chapter 7 Habit of the heart: volunteering in disasters
Box 7.1 A year for volunteers
Box 7.2 Virtual volunteering
Box 7.3 Invest to advance – is it worth it?
Figure 7.1 Volunteer input

Chapter 8 Disaster data: key trends and statistics
Box 8.1 Real economic costs of disasters remain hidden
Box 8.2 Natural disasters drain national budgets
Box 8.3 CRED: three decades of research
Box 8.4 USCR: responding to the needs of the uprooted

Figure 8.1 Hydro-meteorological and geophysical disasters
Figure 8.2 Average number of deaths per reported disaster
Figure 8.3 Average cost per reported disaster
Figure 8.4 Relative impact of disaster and conflict
Figure 8.5 ODA net disbursements by DAC donors, 1999
Figure 8.6 ODA – The five biggest DAC donors
Figure 8.7 ODA as a percentage of DAC donors' GNP, 1999
Figure 8.8 Emergency/distress relief by DAC donors, 1999
Figure 8.9 Bilateral emergency distress relief – 1995-1999

Table 1 Total number of reported disasters by continent and by year (1991 to 2000)
Table 2 Total number of people reported killed by disasters, by continent and by year (1991 to 2000)
Table 3 Total number of people reported affected by disasters, by continent and by year (1991 to 2000) in thousands
Table 4 Total amount of disaster estimated damage, by continent and by year (1991 to 2000) in millions of US dollars (2000 prices)
Table 5 Total number of reported disasters, by type of phenomenon and by year (1991 to 2000)
Table 6 Total number of people reported killed by disasters, by type of phenomenon and by year (1991 to 2000)
Table 7 Total number of people reported affected by disasters, by type of phenomenon and by year (1991 to 2000) in thousands
Table 8 Total amount of disaster estimated damage, by type of phenomenon and by year (1991 to 2000) in millions of US dollars (2000 prices)
Table 9 Total number of reported disasters, by continent and type of phenomenon (1991 to 2000)
Table 10 Total number of people reported killed by disasters, by continent and type of phenomenon (1991 to 2000)
Table 11 Total number of people reported affected by disasters, by continent and type of phenomenon (1991 to 2000) in thousands
Table 12 Total amount of disaster estimated damage, by continent and by type of phenomenon (1991-2000) in millions of US dollars (2000 prices)
Table 13 Total number and annual average of people reported killed and affected by disasters, by country between 1981-1990, between 1991-2000, and in 2000
Table 14 Total number of reported conflicts, by continent and by year (1991 to 2000)
Table 15 Total number of people reported killed by conflicts, by continent and by year (1991 to 2000)
Table 16 Total number of people reported affected by conflicts, by continent and by year (1991 to 2000) in thousands
Table 17 Total number of people reported killed by disasters and conflicts, by continent and by year (1991 to 2000)
Table 18 Total number of people reported affected by disasters and conflicts, by continent and by year (1991 to 2000) in thousands
Table 19 Total number of people whose development has been denied by disasters and conflicts, by continent and by year (1991 to 2000) in thousands
Table 20 Refugees and asylum seekers by country of origin (1994 to 2000)
Table 21 Refugees and asylum seekers by host country (1994 to 2000)
Table 22 Significant populations of internally displaced people (1994 to 2000)

Chapter 9 International Federation overview
Box 9.1 Developing an international disaster response law
Box 9.2 Is public health now on the map?

Chapter 10 Reaching out around the world

Chapter 11 A worldwide presence