Introduction to International Disaster Management

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Table of contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Acronyms

1 The Management of Disasters

INTRODUCTION

DISASTERS THROUGHOUT HISTORY

THE HISTORY OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT

MODERN DISASTER MANAGEMENT - A FOUR-PHASE APPROACH

WHAT IS INTERNATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT?

DISASTERS, POVERTY, AND DEVELOPMENT

DISASTER TRENDS

DEFINITIONS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

2 Hazards

INTRODUCTION

HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND HAZARD PROFILING

HAZARD ANALYSIS

THE HAZARDS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

3 Risk and Vulnerability

INTRODUCTION

TWO COMPONENTS OF RISK

TRENDS

COMPUTING LIKELIHOOD AND CONSEQUENCE VALUES

RISK EVALUATION

RISK ACCEPTABILITY

ALTERNATIVES

VULNERABILITY

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

4 Mitigation

INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS MITIGATION?

TYPES OF MITIGATION: STRUCTURAL AND NONSTRUCTURAL

OBSTACLES TO MITIGATION

ASSESSING AND SELECTING MITIGATION OPTIONS

EMERGENCY RESPONSE CAPACITY AS A RISK MITIGATION MEASURE

INCORPORATING MITIGATION INTO DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF PROJECTS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

5 Preparedness

INTRODUCTION

OVERVIEW OF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

GOVERNMENT PREPAREDNESS

PUBLIC PREPAREDNESS

THE MEDIA AS A PUBLIC EDUCATOR

OBSTACLES TO EFFECTIVE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND PREPAREDNESS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

APPENDIX 5-1 Guidance on Creating a Public Education Campaign for Earthquakes

6 Response

INTRODUCTION

WHAT IS RESPONSE?

RESPONSE - THE EMERGENCY

RECOGNITION - PREDISASTER ACTIONS

RECOGNITION - POSTDISASTER

COORDINATION

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

APPENDIX 6-1 Sample of a Checklist to be Used for Assessments

A. INTRODUCTION

B. VICTIMS/DISPLACED POPULATION PROFILE

C. HEALTH AND NUTRITION

D. WATER

E. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

F. SHELTER

G. SEARCH AND RESCUE (SAR)

H. SANITATION

I. LOGISTICS

J. COORDINATION CAPACITY

K. INFRASTRUCTURE

7 Recovery

INTRODUCTION

OVERVIEW OF RECOVERY

THE EFFECTS OF DISASTERS ON SOCIETY

PREDISASTER RECOVERY ACTIONS

COMPONENTS OF RECOVERY - WHAT IS NEEDED, AND WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?

TYPES OF RECOVERY

SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN RECOVERY

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

8 Participants: Governmental Disaster Management Agencies

INTRODUCTION

GOVERNMENTAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PARTICIPANTS

ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES

BILATERAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE

HOW GOVERNMENTS PROVIDE ASSISTANCE

TYPES OF BILATERAL ASSISTANCE

TYPES OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES INVOLVED IN INTERNATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

APPENDIX 8-1 Emergency Numbers of the World

9 Participants: Nongovernmental Organizations (Including the Private Sector and Academia)

INTRODUCTION

WHO ARE THE NGOs?

WHAT DO THEY DO?

NGO OPERATIONS

NGO/MILITARY COOPERATION

STANDARDS OF CONDUCT

THE ROLE OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR

THE ROLE OF ACADEMIA

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

APPENDIX 9-1 Profile of an NGO: The IFRC

APPENDIX 9-2 NGOs Involved in the December 26, 2004 Asia Tsunami Disaster Response and Recovery Operations As of January 1, 2006

APPENDIX 9-3 Academic and Professional Disaster Management Institutions

10 Participants: Multilateral Organizations and International Financial Institutions

INTRODUCTION

THE UNITED NATIONS

REGIONAL INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

APPENDIX 10-1 IDB Draft Disaster Risk Management Policy

INTRODUCTION

OBJECTIVES

SCOPE

DIRECTIVES

POLICY IMPLEMENTATION

11 Special Considerations

INTRODUCTION

COORDINATION

THE MEDIA

INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT

POLITICAL WILL

COMPOUND EMERGENCIES

DONOR FATIGUE

CORRUPTION

STATE SOVEREIGNTY

EQUALITY IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND RELIEF DISTRIBUTION

CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF DISASTERS

EARLY WARNING

LINKING RISK REDUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

TERRORISM

GLOBAL DISASTERS: SARS, AVIAN INFLUENZA, AND OTHER EMERGING EPIDEMICS

CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

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