 | Disaster Mitigation - 2nd Edition (Department of Humanitarian Affairs/United Nations Disaster Relief Office - Disaster Management Training Programme - United Nations Development Programme , 1994, 64 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
| | United Nations reorganization and the Disaster Management Training Programme |
| | Introduction |
|  | Part 1 - Introduction to mitigation concepts |
| | (introduction...) |
| | The sanitary revolution: a paradigm for disaster mitigation |
| | Know your enemy: hazards and their effects |
| | Saving life and reducing economic disruption |
| | Targeting mitigation where it has most effect |
| | Vulnerability |
| | Specific Hazards and Mitigation |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Floods and water hazards |
| | Earthquakes |
| | Volcanic eruption |
| | Land instabilities |
| | Strong winds (typhoons, hurricanes, cyclones, tropical storms and tornados) |
| | Technological hazards |
| | Drought and desertification |
| | SUMMARY |
| | Part 2 - Actions to reduce risk |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Reducing hazard vs reducing vulnerability |
| | Tools, powers and budgets |
| | Community-based mitigation |
| | The menu of mitigation actions |
| | SUMMARY |
| | Part 3 - Mitigation strategies |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Aims and methods |
| | Economics of mitigation |
| | Practicalities of mitigation |
| | Opportunities for mitigation: post-disaster implementation |
| | Empowerment and community-based mitigation |
| | SUMMARY |
| | Part 4 - Implementing organizations |
| | (introduction...) |
| | Building up skills and institutions |
| | The regional context: a problem shared |
| | International exchange of expertise |
| | Supporting decision-making: external specialists |
| | Knowledge dissemination |
| | International decade for natural disaster reduction |
| | Disaster mitigation in UNDP country programming |
| | Initial phases of the UNDP country programming exercise |
| | SUMMARY |
| | Annex 1: Profile of selected United Nations agencies and their activities in disaster mitigation |
| | Annex 2: Acronyms |
| | Annex 3: Additional reading |
| | Glossary |
| | Module evaluation |
International decade for natural disaster reduction
The adoption of the 1990s as the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction was carried by the United Nations General Assembly in Resolution 44/236, 22 December, 1989. The objective of the decade is to reduce loss of life, property damage and social and economic disruption caused by natural disasters. At a national level, the IDNDR resolution calls for all governments to formulate national disaster mitigation programs, integrating a range of economic, land use and insurance policies into their national development programs.
The United Nations system is urged to accord priority to natural disaster preparedness, prevention, relief and short-term recovery, including economic damage risk assessment in their operational activities.
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