Isbn: 9789390749997 - disaster management: a disaster manager's handbook (4 resultados)

Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Condición: New.

Hardcover. Condición: New. This book stems from a regional technical assistance project that was approved by the Asian Development Bank in January 1990 under the title Regional Study of Disaster Mitigation. The objectives of the study were (i) to enhance the awareness of the ADB s developing member countries (DMCs) of the need for an active developmental effort to mitigate the impact of natural disasters; (ii) to produce authoritative documentation on disaster management practices in selected DMCs; (iii) to improve the understanding of the techniques of disaster mitigation through structural and nonstructural mitigation practices; and (iv) to provide a forum for an exchange of experiences in and views on designing and implementing national strategies for mitigating the impact of natural disasters on economic development, and the formulation of national and regional strategies.…