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A Safer Future: Reducing the Impacts of Natural Disasters
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History is punctuated by disastrous events that destroyed lives and obliterated civilizations—the flood and the drought chronicled by the Bible, great earthquakes in China and Japan, the volcanic cataclysm that destroyed Minoan culture. Less spectacular but more frequent disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, and landslides have been a chronic drain on individual and public welfare. In the 1990s, the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction provides a new opportunity to confront natural disasters and limit their damage. Science and technology now make it possible to anticipate hazardous events and protect people, property, and resources from their potentially devastating impacts as never before. The United Nations has declared this decade a time for the international community to "pay special attention to fostering cooperation in the field of natural disaster reduction," and many U.S. voices, from the Congress to the American Red Cross, have declared their intention to join in the effort. Natural disaster reduction requires a complex mix of technical and social endeavors. There is no single prescription to fit every location and every hazard type, nor does any one discipline have all the answers. A distinguishing characteristic of the Decade is its call for all disciplines to work together, consciously seeking the challenges and frustrations of interdisciplinary communication that will yield practical strategies for disaster reduction.
NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS - Organizational Body
0-309-59775-7
NONE
Business Policy and Strategy
English
1991
1-85
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