''It is a very valuable report...
the only publication of its kind in the public domain.''
Kamal Kishore,
Asia Disaster Preparedness Center
''...An essential reference for university
libraries and an excellent source for students... anyone involved
professionally in speaking on the subject of disasters will find
the WDR invaluable. For those directly involved in disaster relief,
the reports are an excellent starting point for considering key
issues and a much needed single source of statistics on disasters....''
The Times Higher Education Supplement
World Disaster Report 2002 focuses
on reducing risk
Does development expose more people
to disasters? What is the cost of failing to prepare?
The tenth edition of the World Disasters Report
argues that risk reduction is an essential condition for
sustainable development. It examines preparedness and
mitigation initiatives from disaster-prone countries across
the globe. And it discusses who should take responsibility
for protecting vulnerable populations from disaster, and
how.
The World Disasters Report
2002 features:
- challenges and opportunities
facing risk reduction
- success stories in disaster
preparedness from Mozambique and Latin America
- mitigating effects of global
warming in Pacific island states
- earthquake risk in south-eastern
Europe
- a methodology to assess vulnerabilities
and capacities (examples from Gaza/West Bank and Papua
New Guinea)
- humanitarian accountability.
- latest disaster and refugee
data
- full-colour wall map of the
most disaster-affected nations
- Red Cross Red Crescent contacts
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