Disaster reduction involves a combination of measures ranging from hazard, risk, and vulnerability analysis to policies, regulations, management plans, standards, insurance, and furtherance of education, training, and public information. Disaster reduction should be based on sound analysis of the costs and benefits of past experiences. Some of this basis exists, but more work is still required to bring cost-benefit analysis to government policymakers...
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1995/01/01
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2010/07/01
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Disaster prevention for sustainable development : economic and policy issues
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social effect
Citation
Munasinghe,P. C. Mohan; Clarke, Caroline [editors]; The International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR).
Disaster prevention for sustainable development : economic and policy issues (English). Washington, D.C. : The World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/804871468765630196