Unnatural disasters

Worldwatch Paper

Volumn , Issue 158, 2001, Pages 62-

  Abramovitz J N , ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DISASTER MANAGEMENT; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HAZARD MANAGEMENT; MITIGATION; NATURAL DISASTER;

EID: 0035675255     PISSN: 02708019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (145)

1. After the flood: Hope in Venezuela
2. Land and population distribution from world neighbors
3. Up to one third of malaria deaths in Africa occur in countries affected by complex emergencies
4. Weather-related losses hit new high
5. Insuring against catastrophe
6. Understanding large river-floodplain ecosystems
7. Riverine ecosystems: The influence of man on catchment dynamics and fish ecology
8. Managing the Himalayan watershed: A flood of questions
9. Flood impact on economy limited-expert
10. China admits ecological sins played role in flood disaster
11. Yangtze flood jolts China's land policies
12. China says policies worsened floods, Beijing alleges corruption by local aides
13. China flood: Logging ban announced to check devastating floods
14. Stunned by floods, China hastens logging curbs
15. China's forest policy for the 21st century
16. A tale of two cities- And their drinking water
17. Floods in the forest
18. Logging and landslides
19. When a verdant forest turns ugly: 8 oregon deaths blamed on mud sliding down clear-cut hillsides
20. Large-scale impoverishment of amazonian forests by logging and fire
21. Wildfires engulf thousands of western acres
22. Population shift in the west raises wildfire concerns: Los Alamos a reminder
23. Fanning the wildfires
24. Flood of tears on the rhine
25. The Mississippi basin flood of 1993
26. Flood reduction through wetland restoration: The Upper Mississippi river basin as a case history
27. The challenge of the Mississippi flood
28. The incredible shrinking Mississippi delta
29. Flood hydrology and the floodplain
30. Need for ecosystem management of large rivers and their floodplains
31. The high costs of denying rivers their floodplains
32. Mississippi river fisheries: A case history
33. Habitat, changes in upper Mississippi river floodplain
34. Bangladesh centre for advanced studies "Bangladesh floods 1998 and food ' security"
35. Choosing the road to sustainability: The impacts of shrimp aquaculture and the models for change
36. Estimates of coastal populations
37. Floyd's watery wrath
38. Reframing the US hurricane problem
39. Urban population continues to rise
40. Reducing impacts of natural disasters- Are we making any progress?
41. The effect of urbanization on floods of different reference interval
42. Rain, roads, roofs, and runoff: Hydrology in cities
43. For those spared by mitch, safe future hinges on jobs
44. Mitch teaches a costly conservation lesson
45. Bank unveils new support for hurricane mitch recovery
46. Debt relief to mitch victims
47. Gender and post-disaster reconstruction: The case of hurricane mitch in Honduras and Nicaragua
48. Disaster vulnerability: Scale, power, and daily life
49. A flood of fire and ice
50. Mitigation emerges as major strategy for reducing losses caused by natural disasters
51. A new approach to disaster mitigation and planning in mega-cities: The pivotal role of social vulnerability in disaster risk management
52. Reframing disaster policy: The global evolution of vulnerable communities
53. Mitch worsened by environmental neglect
54. Unheeded death knell
55. Cyclone and after: Managing public health
56. A state in chaos
57. Orissa death toll doubles as recriminations fly
58. Earthquake building codes
59. Turkey's earthquake exposed a landscape of deals and corruption
60. Forest fires cause pollution crisis in Asia
61. Jakarta must act to stop fires spreading watchdog warns
62. In Asia's big haze man battles man-made disaster
63. Politics in post-cyclone Orissa
64. Mexico's flood response fuels political firestorm
65. Climate extremes: Observations, modeling, and impacts
66. NYC flooding could be common in next century
67. Breaking the global-warming gridlock
68. Summary
69. Forestry cuts down on logging
70. Ecosystem functions, services, and their values- A case study in xingshan county of China
71. Wetlands 'can lessen flood threat
72. Recovery after disaster: Achieving sustainable development, mitigation, and equity
73. In North Carolina, floyd leaves a toxic legacy
74. Mozambique's plight moves international donors
75. Floods bring new dangers in Bosnia Herzegovina
76. Sharing information worldwide
77. Weathering disasters
78. Wealthy nations propose doubling poor's debt relief
79. Mozambique debt payments were suspended by Paris club of government donors
80. Forgive the debts of poor countries