Evaluation and reduction of physical and functional vulnerability: Volume 1: general issues

Evaluation and reduction of physical and functional vulnerability: Volume 1: general issues

		Contents
		Preface
		Acknowledgements
		Executive summary
		Introduction
		Chapter 1: characteristics of disasters
		Chapter 2: experiences of hospitals affected by disaster
		Chapter 3: importance of health care facilities
		Chapter 4: vulnerability of hospitals
		Chapter 5: risk mitigation in hospitals
		Bibliography

Evaluation and reduction of physical and functional vulnerability: Volume 1: general issues

MITIGATION OF DISASTERS IN HEALTH FACILITIES

PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Regional Office of the

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

1993

INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR NATURAL DISASTER REDUCTION

Titles in this series:

Disaster Mitigation Guidelines for Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities in the Caribbean

Mitigation of Disasters in Health Facilities: Evaluation and Reduction of Physical and Functional Vulnerability (four volumes):

Volume I. General Issues

Volume II. Administrative Issues

Volume III. Architectural Issues

Volume IV. Engineering Issues

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This publication was made possible with the financial support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance of the U.S. Agency for International Development (OFDA/AID), and the Overseas Development Administration of the United Kingdom (ODA).