SUMMARIES OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR :

THEME A: LIVING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS

THEME B: BUILDING TO WITHSTAND THE DISASTER AGENTS OF NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS

THEME C: LEARNING FROM AND SHARING THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED FROM NATURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS

Notice: These summaries were extracted from the first edition of the Global Blueprints for Change and compiled for use by the delegates to the International Workshop on Disaster Reduction. 

Sponsors:

American Society of Civil Engineering; City of Charlotte, North Carolina; Duke Energy, Institute of Business & Home Safety, United States Geological Survey; University of North Carolina at Charlotte; United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization; and DRM--World Institute for Disaster Risk Management

Donors:

Department of Transportation/Emergency Transportation, Emergency Information Infrastructure Project, Environmental Protection Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Science Foundation, PBS&J, United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, and University of North Carolina art Charlotte

Supporting Organizations:

Several hundred organizations are supporting the Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction and the Blueprints.