Disaster Mitigation - 2nd Edition (Department of Humanitarian Affairs/United Nations Disaster Relief Office - Disaster Management Training Programme - United Nations Development Programme , 1994, 64 p.): Module evaluation

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

Module evaluation

Disaster Management Training Programme

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