Diagnostic Study for the DIPECHO Action Plan for Central America and the Caribbean (Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters - DIPECHO - ECHO Programme for Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Prevention, 1997, 184 p.): (introduction...)

Diagnostic Study for the DIPECHO Action Plan for Central America and the Caribbean (Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters - DIPECHO - ECHO Programme for Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Prevention, 1997, 184 p.)

		*(introduction...)*
		PREFACE
		INTRODUCTION
		FIRST PART - NATURAL DISASTERS IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: CONSEQUENCES AND RISKS
		SECOND PART - ACHIEVEMENTS AND NEEDS AS REGARDS REDUCING THE RISKS AND CONSEQUENCES OF NATURAL DISASTERS
		THIRD PART - CURRENT FRAMEWORK AND CONDITIONS FOR A COHERENT, WORKABLE AND EFFECTIVE DIPECHO PROGRAMME
		GENERAL CONCLUSION
		BIBLIOGRAPHY
		ANNEXES

(introduction...)

APRIL 1997

DIPECHO
ECHO PROGRAMME FOR DISASTER PREVENTION,
MITIGATION AND PREPAREDNESS

Report undertaken within the framework of contract ECHO/TPS/B7-219/96/0201

Centre for Research on the	International Center for Training and
Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED)	Exchanges in the Geosciences
Universitatholique de Louvain	(CIFEG)
Brussels - Belgium	Orls - France