World disasters report 2005 : focus on information in disasters / [editor, Jonathan Walter] - Geneva : International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2005 - 251 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Data or dialogue? The role of information in disasters
Chapter 2. Run, tell you neighbor! Hurrican warning in the Caribbean
Chapter 3. Locusts in West Africa : early warning, late response
Chapter 4. Information black hole in Aceh
Chapter 5. Sharing information for tsunami recovery in South Asia
Chapter 6. Humanitarian media coverage in the digital age
Chapter 7. Radio in Afghanistan: challenging perceptions, changing behaviour
Chapter 8. Disaster data: building a foundation for disaster risk reduction
Disaster data

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Disasters
Disclosure of information
Disasters relief

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