Table of contents

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Section One - Focus on reducing risk
Chapter 1 Risk reduction: challenges and opportunities
Box 1.1 - Cyclone preparedness saves millions in Bangladesh
Box 1.2 - A centuries-old drought mitigation strategy
Box 1.3 - Community-based disaster preparedness in Nepal
Box 1.4 - A livelihoods context for disaster management
Box 1.5 - Insuring micro-finance institutions against disaster
Figure 1.1 - The lens of risk reduction
Figure 1.2 - Thirty years of “natural” disasters security

Chapter 2 Disaster preparedness – a priority for Latin America
Box 2.1 - Traditional homes prove safer
Box 2.2 - Community-operated early warning in Guatemala
Box 2.3 - Risk mapping and relocation get political
Map: Earthquakes and hurricanes in Central and north-western South America leaks

Chapter 3 Preparedness pays off in Mozambique
Box 3.1 - Media coverage – a double-edged sword
Box 3.2 - Do people heed warnings?
Box 3.3 - Community-based disaster preparedness
Box 3.4 - New homes and livelihoods reduce disaster risk
Figure 3.1 - Rescue operations in Mozambique in 2000 and 2001
Map: Mozambique

Chapter 4 Pacific islands foretell future of climate change
Box 4.1 - Relocation – the last resort
Box 4.2 - Treading water: climate change and sea-level rise
Box 4.3 - Cyclone strafes Manihiki atoll
Box 4.4 - Mangrove planting saves lives and money in Viet Nam
Box 4.5 - Fossil fuel subsidies outstrip adaptation funds
Box 4.6 - Socially responsible economies key to disaster reduction
Figure 4. - 1 Oceania: disaster data from 1970 to 1999

Chapter 5 Reducing earthquake risk in urban Europe
Box 5.1 - “Grandpa Earthquake” dispels fear of disaster
Box 5.2 - Iceland – model of efficient disaster preparedness
Box 5.3 - First aid: humanity in action
Box 5.4 - Countering the risks of a Kathmandu quake
Map: South-eastern Europe

Section Two - Tracking the system
Chapter 6 Assessing vulnerabilities and capacities – during peace and war
Box 6.1 - “Make people aware of the power they have”
Box 6.2 - Experiences of VCA from Scandinavia to Africa
Box 6.3 - Self-reliance in the south-west Pacific
Box 6.4 - Key principles for a successful VCA
Box 6.5 - Hospital of hope for victims of intifada
Figure 6.1 - Vulnerable populations in Palestine
Map: Israel and Occupied and Autonomous Territories of Palestine

Chapter 7 Accountability: a question of rights and duties
Box 7.1 - Rights-based programming in Sierra Leone
Box 7.2 - Concerns and complaints
Box 7.3 - Right to information
Box 7.4 - Popular involvement becomes political in Nicaragua
Box 7.5 - Right to registration
Box 7.6 - Right to appropriate assistance with dignity
Box 7.7 - Recommendations for the “accountable organization”

Chapter 8 Disaster data: key trends and statistics
Box 8.1 - EM-DAT: a specialized disaster database
Box 8.2 - US Committee for Refugees
Box 8.3 - GLobal IDEntifier (GLIDE) number

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Figure 8.1 - Reported deaths from all disasters 1992-2001
Figure 8.2 - Reported numbers of people affected by all disasters 1992-2001
Figure 8.3 - Estimated damage by all disasters 1992-2001
Figure 8.4 - ODA net disbursements by DAC donors
Figure 8.5 - ODA as a percentage of DAC donors’ GNP
Figure 8.6 - Emergency/distress relief by DAC donors

Table 1 - Total number of reported disasters by continent and by year (1992 to 2001)
Table 2 - Total number of people reported killed by disasters, by continent and by year (1992 to 2001)
Table 3 - Total number of people reported affected by disasters, by continent and by year (1992 to 2001) in thousands
Table 4 - Total amount of disaster estimated damage, by continent and by year (1992 to 2001) in millions of US dollars (2001 prices)
Table 5 - Total number of reported disasters, by type of phenomenon and by year (1992 to 2001)
Table 6 - Total number of people reported killed by disasters, by type of phenomenon and by year (1992 to 2001
Table 7 - Total number of people reported affected by disasters, by type of phenomenon and by year (1992 to 2001) in thousands
Table 8 - Total amount of disaster estimated damage, by type of phenomenon and by year (1992 to 2001) in millions of US dollars (2001 prices)
Table 9 - Total number of reported disasters, by continent and by type of phenomenon (1992 to 2001)
Table 10 - Total number of people reported killed by disasters, by continent and by type of phenomenon (1992 to 2001)
Table 11 - Total number of people reported affected by disasters, by continent and by type of phenomenon (1992 to 2001) in thousands
Table 12 - Total amount of disaster estimated damage, by continent and by type of phenomenon (1992 to 2001) in millions of US dollars (2001 prices)
Table 13 - Total number of people reported killed and affected by disasters, by country (1982-1991; 1992-2001; and 2001)
Table 14 - Refugees and asylum seekers by country/territory of origin (1995 to 2001)
Table 15 - Refugees and asylum seekers by host country/territory (1995 to 2001)
Table 16 - Significant populations of internally displaced people (1995 to 2001)2000)

Chapter 9 International Federation overview
Box 9.1 - IDRL development continues

Chapter 10 Reaching out around the world

Chapter 11 A global network