Disasters by design : a reassessment of natural hazards in the United States / Dennis S. Mileti ; with the contributions of the participants in the assessment of research and applications on natural hazards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mileti, Dennis S., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emergency management--United States.

Emergency management.

Disaster relief--United States.

Disaster relief.

Natural disasters--United States.

Natural disasters.

Hazardous geographic environments--United States.

Hazardous geographic environments.

Sustainable development--United States.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (371 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Joseph Henry Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Designing Future Disasters provides an alternative and sustainable way to view, study, and manage hazards in the United States that would result in disaster-resilient communities, higher environmental quality, inter- and intragenerational equity, economic sustainability, and improved quality of life. This volume provides an overview of what is known about natural hazards, disasters, recovery, and mitigation; how research findings have been translated into policies and programs; and a sustainable hazard mitigation research agenda. Also provided is an examination of disaster losses and hazards management over the past 20 years, including factors -- demographic, climate, social -- that influence loss. This volume summarizes and lays the foundation on which other books in the series will build.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contributing Authors

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Contents

Summary

CHAPTER ONE A Sustainability Framework for Natural and Technological Hazards

CHAPTER TWO Scenarios of Sustainable Hazards Mitigation

CHAPTER THREE Losses, Costs, and Impacts

CHAPTER FOUR The Interactive Structure of Hazard

CHAPTER FIVE Influences on the Adoption and Implementation of Mitigation

CHAPTER SIX Tools for Sustainable Hazards Mitigation

CHAPTER SEVEN Preparedness, Response, and Recovery

CHAPTER EIGHT Innovative Paths and New Directions

CHAPTER NINE Getting from Here to There

References

APPENDIX A Recommendations for Further Traditional Research

APPENDIX B Impacts of the 1975 Assessment

APPENDIX C Putting Knowledge Into Practice

Index.

Notes:

"An activity of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-585-13609-2

OCLC:

53471943