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The report is a preliminary assessment of damages and needs resulting from the earthquake that struck the state of Gujarat, India, in 2001, which also tries to outline a strategy for implementing a recovery program.

This report assesses the impacts of Hurricane Keith in Belize from 30 September to 1 October 2000. It appraises the macroeconomic and environmental effects and presents a sector by sector analysis leading to an overall assessment of the damage.

This document attempts to assess the cost of damages to the Mozambican economy, both at the sectoral level and overall from the flood and cyclone emergency of February -March 2000.

This document outlines the likely impact of the 1999 Marmara earthquake on the economy and the cost of reconstruction and recovery. It also highlights the key issues that need to be addressed to reduce the costs of future natural disasters in the country.

This book was produced to mark the end of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR). It provides solutions to problems associated with disasters, stimulating discussion and improvements in methods of protecting people and property.

This act provides for the institutional framework for disaster prevention and management in Japan, including the organization, functioning, powers and responsibilities of central and local disaster prevention councils.

This act provides for the functioning of Lesotho's disaster management plan, disaster reconstruction, rehabilitation and recovery plan, disaster management authority, national disaster relief task force, and district and village disaster management teams.

In 1987 the City of Los Angeles launched an innovative process of planning for post-earthquake recovery and reconstruction, dealing with both the pre-event and post-event periods and serves as a checklist for Departments.