| World Disasters Report 2005 - Table of contents
Please find below links to online summaries
of each chapter. Please note that this is not the full text of the
printed report.
Introduction
Chapter 1
Data or Dialogue? The role of
information in disasters
Box: Zimbabwean children claim right to reply
Chapter 2
Run, tell your neighbour! Hurricane warning in the Caribbean
Box: Jamaica’s community disaster response teams
Chapter 3
Locusts in West Africa: early warning,
late response
Box: Recommendations
Chapter 4
Information black hole in Aceh
Box: Three myths – among many
Chapter 5
Sharing information for tsunami recovery in South Asia
Box: Information flows smoothly after rough ride in the Maldives
Chapter 6
Humanitarian media coverage in the digital age
Box: Tricks of the trade: how to ‘sell’ forgotten emergencies
Chapter 7
Radio in Afghanistan: challenging
perceptions, changing behaviour
Box: Locally produced radio tackles AIDS in Madagascar
Chapter 8
Disaster data: building a foundation for disaster risk reduction
Box: Recommendations for future action
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