Aid & relief programmes books

The Asia-Pacific region faces multiple crises such as slowdown in developed economies, reduced demand for regional...  Read More >>

Through its disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...  Read More >>

Calculating compassion examines the origins of British relief work in late-nineteenth-century wars on the continent...  Read More >>

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Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 (HSPD-5) created the National Response Plan (NRP) to coordinate the Federal...  Read More >>

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The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) modernizes and enhances alert and warning delivery to the...  Read More >>

In 2012, the Nation experienced wildfires in Colorado, tropical storms affecting Florida and the Gulf Coast, earthquakes...  Read More >>

The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP), which was first authorized by Congress in 1977, coordinates...  Read More >>

FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Assistance (HMA) grant programs provide funding for eligible mitigation activities that...  Read More >>

This document provides a straightforward, realistic, and executable Strategic Plan for the National Dam Safety Program...  Read More >>

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Floods are naturally occurring phenomena that can and do happen almost anywhere. In its most basic form, a flood...  Read More >>

As disasters continue to impact our Nation, the role of individuals and the importance of engaging all sectors in...  Read More >>

Sandy, the second-largest Atlantic storm on record, affected the East Coast from Florida to Maine, as well as states...  Read More >>

The objective of the Risk Management Series Snow Load Safety Guide is to inform building stakeholders about the...  Read More >>

The U.S. Coast Guard Incident Management Handbook (IMH) is designed to assist Coast Guard personnel in the use of...  Read More >>

This handbook was developed to assist participating agencies of the NWCG to constructively work together to provide...  Read More >>

Some two decades will shortly have passed since the WTO's Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights...  Read More >>

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Following the events of September 11, 2001, Citizen Corps was launched as a grassroots strategy to strengthen community...  Read More >>

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The Federal Guidelines for Inundation Mapping of Flood Risks Associated with Dam Incidents and Failures is presented...  Read More >>

The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was established by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. The Act...  Read More >>

The contributions in this book demonstrate how aid workers’ personal and professional relationships and values influence...  Read More >>