Managing Natural Disasters and the Environment (World Bank, 1991, 232 p.)

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About the contributors

Foreword

Editors’ introduction

Introduction

Managing environmental degradation and natural disasters: an overview

Strategic issues

Climate hazards, climatic change, and development planning

Which costs more: prevention or recovery?

Case study: Rio Flood Reconstruction and Prevention Project

Case study: La Paz Municipal Development Project

The International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction

Minimizing the greenhouse effect

Development: from vulnerability to resilience

Case study: housing reconstruction in Mexico City

Living with floods: alternatives for riverine flood mitigation

Case study: creating job and income opportunities for refugees in Pakistan

Managing drought and locust invasions in Africa

Disasters and development in East Africa

The link between reconstruction and development

Risk management

Disaster response: generic or agent-specific?

Integrated planning for natural and technological disasters

Economic incentives and disaster mitigation

Coastal zone management

Disaster insurance in New Zealand

Case study: reconstruction after North China’s earthquake

Case study: Nepal Municipal Development and Earthquake Reconstruction Project

Training in the Asian-Pacific region

Remote sensing and technology transfer in developing countries

Case study: Minas Gerais Forestry Development Project

Case study: Da Xing An Ling Forest Fire Rehabilitation Project

Coordinating efforts

Case study: Sudan Emergency Flood Reconstruction Program

UNDP coordination of disaster and development planning

The role of nongovernment organizations in Sri Lanka

Managing natural hazards

Case study: Taiz Flood Disaster Prevention and Municipal Development Project

Writing an action plan for disaster preparedness in Africa

List of colloquium discussants, moderators, and speakers

Key to acronyms, initials, and abbreviations

References