SUMMARY

· Disasters can hold up development by:

- loss of resources
- shifting of resources to emergency response
- depressing the investment climate
- affecting the non-formal sector

· Development can increase vulnerability through:

- dense urban settlement
- development of hazardous sites
- environmental degradation
- technological failures or accidents
- imbalance of pre-existing natural or social systems

· Development programs can reduce vulnerability through:

- strengthening of urban utility systems
- hazard resistant building techniques
- institution building and capacitation of local authorities
- agricultural and forestry programs

· Disasters can provide development opportunities by:

- creating a social and political atmosphere of acceptance to change
- highlighting the general level of underdevelopment that caused the disaster
- focussing international attention and aid on the disaster area

· Recovery programs should be designed to reduce vulnerability through:

- targetting areas of high risk
- support of the private and non-formal sectors
- enhanced management training programs

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