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Building safer cities : the future of disaster risk / edited by Alcira Kreimer, Margaret Arnold, Anne Carlin.

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In developing countries, disasters can cause major setbacks to economic and social development, inflict massive casualties, and cause the diversion of funds from development to emergency relief and recovery.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors:	Kreimer, Alcira, Arnold, Margaret, 1965-, Carlin, Anne
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : World Bank, ©2003.
Series:	Disaster risk management series ; no. 3.
Subjects:	Emergency management > Developing countries > Planning. Emergency management > Developing countries. Floods > Developing countries. Climatic changes > Risk assessment > Developing countries. Climatic changes > Risk assessment. Emergency management. Emergency management > Planning. Floods. Developing countries.

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Summary:	In developing countries, disasters can cause major setbacks to economic and social development, inflict massive casualties, and cause the diversion of funds from development to emergency relief and recovery.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xxi, 299 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	0585479550 9780585479552 9780821354971 0821354973 6610085951 9786610085958
Source of Description, Etc. Note:	Print version record.