ADB

Asia Development Bank

ADPC

Asian Disaster Preparedness Center

AIDAB

Australian International Development Assistance Bureau

AIT

Asian Institute of Technology

AODRO

Australian Overseas Disaster Response Organization

APELL

Awareness and Preparedness for Emergencies at Local Level

AVHRR

Advanced Very-High Resolution Radiometer

BANOBRAS

National Bank of Public Works and Services (Mexico City)

BAREPP

Bay Area Regional Earthquake Preparedness Project (Oakland)

BWDB

Bangladesh Water Development Board

CAMP

Coastal Area Management and Planning

CAP

Center for Analysis of Prediction (China)

CARE

Cooperative for American Relief Everywhere

CD

control department

CDPC

Cranfield Disaster Preparedness Centre

CEES

Committee on Earth and Environmental Sciences (NAS)

CEF

Caixa Economica Federal (Rio)

CEPAL

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

CCD

Coast Conservation Department

CIDA

Canadian International Development Agency

CIDIE

Committee of International Development Institutions on the Environment

CILSS

Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel

COE

State Operational Center (Brazil)

COPR

Center for Overseas Pest Research

CRDA

Christian Relief and Development Association

CRED

Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters

CZM

Coastal Zone Management

DF

Federal District (Mexico City)

DLCO-EA

Desert Locust Control Organization for Eastern Africa

DMT

Disaster Management Team (UN)

DXAL

Da Xing An Ling (China)

EC

European Community

EFRP

Emergency Flood Reconstruction Program

EOE

Emergency Operations in Ethiopia

EPPG

UN Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Group

ERRP

Emergency Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Program

ESCAP

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FIDERE

Low-Income Housing Loan Recovery Trust Fund (Mexico City)

FONHAPO

Low-Income Housing Fund (Mexico City)

FOVI

Housing Foundation (Mexico City)

GDP

gross domestic product

GIS

geographical information system

GNP

gross national product

GOB

Government of Bangladesh

GTZ

German Technical Assistance Agency

HIMAT

National Institute for Water Management (Colombia)

HYVs

hybrid high-yielding varieties

IAEA

International Atomic Energy Agency

ICIPE

International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology

ICRC

International Committee of the Red Cross

IDA

International Development Association

IDB

Interamerican Development Bank

IDNDR

International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction

IEF

State Forestry Institute (Brazil)

IFAD

International Fund for Agricultural Development

IGADD

Intergovernmental Authority on Drought and Development

IGPRA

Income Generating Project for the Refugee Areas (Pakistan)

ILO

International Labour Organisation

IMO

International Meteorological Organization

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IMSS

Instituto Mexicano de Seguridad Social (The Social Security Institute)

INGEOMINAS

The National Geologic Institute (Colombia)

IPF

indicative planning figures

IRLCO-CSE

International Red Locust Control Organization of Central and Southern Africa

ITCZ

Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone

IUCN

International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources

JCIA

Japan Chemical Industry Association

JER

Japanese Earthquake Reinsurance Co. Ltd.

JICA

Japan International Cooperation Agency

LEADS

Line Equipment Assignment and Display System

MAP

Most-Affected Persons

MOC

Ministry of Construction (China)

MOF

Ministry of Forestry

MPCSs

Multipurpose Cooperative Societies

MPH

miles per hour

MR

Metropolitan Region (Rio)

NAS

National Academy of Sciences

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NDOA

National Disaster Organization (Australia, 1981)

NGO

nongovernment organization

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

NRIU

National Reconstruction Implementation Unit

NRTF

National Reconstruction Task Force

NSDPA

National System for Disaster Prevention and Assistance

NWFP

Northwest Frontier Province (Pakistan)

OAR

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research

OAS

Organization of American States

OAU

Organization of African Unity

OCLALAV

Organization Against Desert Locust and Granivorous Birds

ODA

official development aid

ODA/UK

Overseas Development Administration (U.K.)

ODIPERC

Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Relief Coordination

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

OFDA

Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance

ONAD

National Office for Disaster Prevention and Assistance

ONCCP

Office of the National Committee for Central Planning

OPDMC

Oxford Polytechnic (UK) Disaster Management Center Organization

OPS

Office for Projects Services

OSHA

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OXFAM

Oxford Committee for Famine Relief

PAHO

Pan American Health Organization

PCDPPP

Pan-Caribbean Disaster Preparedness and Prevention Project

PEG

Productive Enterprise Grant

PHC

primary health care

RDSs

Rural Development Societies

RHP

Renovacion Habitacional Popular (Popular Housing Reconstruction)

RRC

Relief and Rehabilitation Commission

SCF (UK)

Save the Children Fund (U.K.)

SEDEC

Social and Economic Development Center

SEDUE

Secretariat of Urban Development and Ecology (Mexico City)

SHES

Seismic Hazard Evaluation System

SITREP

situation report

SNDR

Subcommittee for Natural Disaster Reduction

SOP

standard operating procedures

SPR

Special Programme Resources

SRES

Seismic Risk Evaluation System

SSB

State Seismological Bureau (China)

STASHA

Stanford Seismic Hazard Analysis

TCCSs

Thrift and Credit Cooperative Societies

TOGA

Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere

TSOP

Timber Salvage Operation Plan (China)

TTC

Tropical Cyclone Committee

UN

United Nations

UNCHS

United Nations Centre for Human Settlements

UNIDO

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNDRO

Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator

UN-ECLAC

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

UNITAR

United Nations Institute for Training and Research

UNSO

United Nations Statistical Office

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

WFP

World Food Programme

WHO

World Health Organization

WMO

World Meteorology Organization

WMO/ESCAP

World Meteorology Organization/Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific

WRDS

Women’s Rural Development Society

WRI

World Resources Institute

WUSC

World University Services of Canada