Safer Future

U.S. National Committee for the Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. The U.S. Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction; 4 2. Hazard and Risk Assessment; 5 3. Awareness and Education; 6 4. Mitigation; 7 5. Preparedness for Emergency Response, Recovery, and Reconstruction; 8 6. Prediction and Warning; 9 7. Learning from Disasters; 10 8. U.S. Participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction; 11 9. Organization of the U.S. Decade; 12 Appendix: Hazard Reduction Checklist; 13 Suggested Readings; 14 Additional Images