Disaster Prevention and Management: Volume 1 Issue 1

Disaster Prevention and Mitigation: Some Prerequisites

Herbert Tiedemann

Disaster prevention and mitigation must be based on a detailedknowledge of event probability distributions of all essential hazardsand on the damage probability functions of the…

Disaster Management in the Rotterdam Conurbation

B. Vossenaar

Describes in detail the disaster management system within theRotterdam conurbation, outlining the different sub‐systems for whichseparate services and organizations are…

The Role of the European Community in Civil and Environmental Emergencies

Peter Hayward

Provides a broad overview of the European Community′s activities inthe field of civil and environmental emergencies, and within the contextof current and recent political…

Flood Disasters in Britain: Lessons from Flood Hazard Research

Dennis J. Parker

Focuses on issues emerging from extensive research conducted by theFlood Hazard Research Centre in Britain. Although the total flood losspotential is rising, there is no…

The Dutch Routeing System

J.E. Bloem

Briefly outlines the regulations laid down by the United Nationsregarding the transport of dangerous goods. As these providerecommendations only, not binding regulations…

Proposed Disaster Scale and Associated Model for Calculating Return Periods for Disasters of Given Magnitude

A.Z. Keller, H.C. Wilson, A. Al‐Madhari

Describes the Bradford Disaster Scale (BDS) classification system.Designed to compare disasters arising from different sources, BDS islogarithmic in nature and is based on the…

The Role of Public Health Services in Disaster Prevention

Santa Costanzo

Public health authorities have a crucial role to play in disasterprevention. They must identify the source of danger and ensure that itis kept at a level of simple risk bringing…