 | Managing Natural Disasters and the Environment (World Bank, 1991, 232 p.) |
 |  | (introduction...) |
| | 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 |
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Alcira Kreimer and Mohan Munasinghe, Editors
Selected Materials from the Colloquium on the Environment and Natural Disaster Management
Sponsored by
The World Bank
June 27-28,
1990
Washington, D.C.
Edited by Alcira Kreimer and Mohan Munasinghe
Published by the
Environmental Policy and Research
Division
Environment Department
The World Bank
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