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Disaster Preparedness and the United Nations: Advance Planning for Disaster Relief examines the roles and relationships of programs being implemented by the United Nations in the area of disaster relief and preparedness. The study focuses on the disaster preparedness activities of the United Nations...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brown, Barbara Jean, 1950- (Author)
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Elmsford, N.Y. : Published for UNITAR by Pergamon Press, [1979]
Series:Pergamon policy studies on socio-economic development.
Subjects:
United Nations.
Nations Unies.
United Nations
Emergency management.
Disaster relief.
Relief Work
Disaster Planning
Gestion des situations d'urgence.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes.
disaster planning.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Secours d'urgence.
Disaster relief
Emergency management
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Disaster Preparedness and the United Nations: Advance Planning for Disaster Relief examines the roles and relationships of programs being implemented by the United Nations in the area of disaster relief and preparedness. The study focuses on the disaster preparedness activities of the United Nations; the programs designed to improve the preparedness posture of disaster-prone developing countries; and the programs designed to improve the disaster relief capabilities of the organizations. The book also provides a brief review of the relationship between disasters and development; a description o.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 147 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781483154220
148315422X
0080224865
9780080224862