 | 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 |
(introduction...)
This part of the module should provide you with insight into the concept of disaster mitigation in general and will provide specific mitigation information for several major hazard types. You will also learn where to use mitigation activities to their best effect.
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