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<br /> <br />CONTENTS <br /> <br />FOREWORD <br /> <br />IX <br /> <br />PREFACE <br /> <br />XI <br /> <br />CHAPTER 1 <br /> <br />An International Decade for Natural Hazard <br />Reduction: A Summary 1 <br /> <br />The Need for an IDNHR 1 <br />Hazard Reduction 2 <br />Organization and Activities of the IDNHR 3 <br />A U.S. Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction 4 <br />Recommendations of the Advisoty Committee 4 <br /> <br />CHAPTER 2 <br /> <br />Reducing the Impacts of Natural Hazards 9 <br /> <br />Rapid,Onset and Long,Term Hazards 9 <br />A World at Risk 9 <br />The Benefits of Mitigation: Case Studies 12 <br />Successful International Efforts 16 <br /> <br />CHAPTER 3 <br /> <br />The Hazard Reduction Process 19 <br /> <br />Hazard and Risk Assessment 21 <br />Disaster Preparedness 21 <br />Hazard Mitigation 22 <br />Hazard Prediction 24 <br />Emergency Response 26 <br />Recovery and Redevelopment 27 <br />Institutional Issues 28 <br />Needs and Opportunities 28 <br /> <br />CHAPTER 4 <br /> <br />Major Natural Hazards 33 <br /> <br />Earthquakes 33 <br />Landslides 35 <br />Tsunamis 36 <br />Windstorms 38 <br />Floods 41 <br />Volcanoes 42 <br />Wildfires 44 <br />Socioeconomic Aspects of Hazard Reduction 46 <br />Interaction of Multiple Hazards 48 <br />Long-Term Natural Hazards 48 <br /> <br />CHAPTER 5 <br /> <br />Activities for an International Decade 53 <br /> <br />Cooperative Projects: Essence of the IDNHR 53 <br />Communication of Risk 55 <br />Conferences and Committees 57 <br /> <br />APPENDIX <br /> <br />Principal Source Materials 58 <br />General Reading 59 <br />