The bibliography includes works authored by professionals involved in disaster related issues in the Caribbean Region. It includes technical and scientific literature on the management of natural and man made disasters. Works incorporated include
This report presents information on the development of building and seismic codes in Turkey, behavior of buildings, and industrial facilities in the epicenter region of Izmit earthquake in 1999.
This evaluation reviews the total response of the DEC after the Gujarat earthquake, covering 50 villages with more than 2300 interviews. The people affected have received in general substantial and timely assistance and few lives were lost through
All India Disaster Mitigation InstituteDisaster Emergency CommitteeHumanitarian InitiativesManagement Accounting for Non-Governmental Organizations
This brief summarizes the clear priorities for governments and others as an outcome of the emergency summit meeting held on 6 January 2005 in Jakarta. The meeting represented world governments’ unprecedented response to the tsunami that struck the
On September 5, 1996, Hurricane Fran made landfall near Cape Fear, North Carolina, and generated considerable rainfall, moderately high winds, and storm surge and waves along the coast. This report focuses on the damages along the North Carolina coast
Survivors of the Asian tsunami report that there were several massive waves that in rapid succession hammered the coast the Andaman Ocean provinces of Phang Nga, Phuket, Krabi, and Ranong, Trang and Satun on the morning of December 26, 2004. Those walls
The report takes into consideration the proceedings of the workshop about the Bam earthquake held in Kerman, Islamic republic of Iran, in April 2004. It specially focuses on national and international response, national set up for disaster response
United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
This evaluation evaluates the expenses of the DEC after the Gujarat earthquake, covering 50 villages with more than 2300 interviews. The people affected have received in general substantial and timely assistance and few lives were lost through secondary
All India Disaster Mitigation InstituteDisaster Emergency CommitteeHumanitarian InitiativesManagement Accounting for Non-Governmental Organizations
One of the areas of importance to effective risk reduction lies in the provision of safe, structurally secure shelter, which is closely related to the sustainability issues of the type of construction, for example. It is important for the reconstruction