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Title	Source	Publication Date
Integrating disaster reduction into development: recommendations for policy-makers	ProVention Consortium	2004
Reducing disaster risk: a challenge for development	BCPR-UNDP	2004
Impacts of summer 2003 heat wave in Europe	UNEP/DEWA/GRID	2004
Wildland fires: a double impact on the planet (2004-06)	UNEP/DEWA/GRID	2004
We all knew that a cyclone was coming: disaster preparedness and the cyclone of 1999 in Orissa, India	Thomalla, Frank; Schmuch, Hanna	2004
Costs and benefits of hazard mitigation for building and infrastructure development: a case study in small island developing states	OAS	2004
Cost-benefit model for the construction of tornado shelters	Whalen, Timothy M.; Gopal, Sajini; Abraham, Dulcy M.	2004
Gender dimensions in disaster management: a guide for South Asia	Ariyabandu, Madhavi Malalgoda; Wickamasinghe, Maithree	2004
Natural disaster risk management and financing disaster losses in developing countries	Mechler, Reinhard	2004
GIS in public health practice	Maheswaran, Ravi; Craglia, Massimo	2004
WMO/ESCAP panel on tropical cyclones: annual review 2002	ESCAP; WMO	2004
Medical geology: effects of geological environments on human health, vol. 2	Komatina, Miomir M.	2004
Learning lessons from disaster recovery: the case of Honduras	WB	2004
Recovery	AEMI, Australia - gov	2004
Analysis of Natech (Natural Hazard Triggering Technological Disasters) disaster management	JRC	2004
Atlas of water: mapping the world's most critical resource	Clarke, Robin; King, Jannet	2004
A common device for the monitoring of desertification in circum-Saharan Africa: achievements and retrospective overview	OSS	2004
Satellite remote sensing and GIS applications in agricultural meteorology: proceedings of the training workshop, 7-11 July, 2003, Dehra Dun, India	CSSTEAP; IMD, India - gov; IIRS; NRSA, India - gov; SAC, India - gov	2004
Safer cities 10, case studies on mitigating disasters in Asia and the Pacific: creating earthquake preparedness in schools, a case study of mitigation efforts in Indonesia	ADPC; AUDMP	2004
Sustainable cities programme: induction workshop for anchoring capacity building institutes in Asia, 2004	IHS; UN-HABITAT	2004
Asian disaster management news, a newsletter of and for the community of disaster risk management practitioners and development workers, vol. 10 no. 1 October-December 2004: earthquake vulnerability reduction in urban areas of Developing Countries	ADPC	2004
UN-HABITAT twenty first session of the Governing Council, 16-20 April 2007, Nairobi, Kenya: Africa on the move, an urban crisis in the making, a submission to the Commission for Africa	UN-HABITAT	2004
Northern European FRIEND and AMHY FRIEND Joint Low Flow Meeting: summary report	Tallaksen, Lena M.	2004
Programme of concrete actions on improvement of environmental and socio-economic situation in the Aral Sea Basin for the period of 2003-2010: socio-economic aspects	IFAS	2004
Enhancing social sustainability in activities to combat desertification: a manual for reflection	IUCN	2004
OSS report to the third session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the CCD (CRIC): measures taken to support countries	OSS	2004
Rapport d’activité du Secrétariat général de l’UMA sur la mise en oeuvre de la Convention des Nations Unies sur la lutte contre la désertification	AMU	2004
Rapport national sur les activités de la France en matière de lutte contre la désertification dans la région africaine - 2003	Bied-Charreton, Marc; Requier-Desjardins, Mélanie	2004
Reducing West Africa’s vulnerability to climate impacts on water resources, wetlands and desertification: elements for regional strategy for preparedness and adaptation	IUCN	2004
Lake Chad basin - GIWA Regional assessment 43	GIWA	2004
Role of local institutions in reducing vulnerability to recurrent natural disasters and in sustainable livelihoods development	CENESTA	2004
Towards a European drought policy	EurAqua	2004
Understanding the economic and financial impacts of natural disasters: disaster risk management, working paper series No. 4	Benson, Charlotte; Clay, Edward J.	2004
Up in smoke? Threats from, and responses to, the impact of global warming on human development	Simms, Andrew; Reid, Hannah; Magrath, John	2004
A survey of drought impacts and coping measures in Helmand and Kandahar provinces of Afghanistan	Sarwar Qureshi, Asad; Akhtar, Mujeeb	2004
Colorado resort communities and the 2002-2003 drought: impacts and lessons learned	Wilhelmi, O.V.; Thomas, D.S.K.; Hayes, M.J.	2004
Review and analysis of drought monitoring, declaration and management in India	Samra, J.S	2004
Review, automated estimation and analyses of drought indices in South Asia	Smakhtin, V.U.; Hughes, D.A.	2004
Use of remote sensing data for drought assessment and monitoring in Southwest Asia	Thenkabail, P.S.; Gamage, M.S.D.N.; Smakhtin, V.U.	2004
Natural disasters and adaptive capacity	Dayton-Johnson, Jeff	2004
Drought impact mitigation and prevention in the Limpopo River Basin, a situation analysis: land and water discussion paper 4	FAO Headquarters	2004
Drought mitigation in Pakistan: current status and options for future strategies	Ahmad, Shahid; Hussain, Zahid; Sarwar Qureshi, Asaf; Majeed, Rashida; Saleem, Mohammad	2004
Cuba, weathering the storm: lessons in risk reduction from Cuba	Thompson, Martha; Gaviria, Izaskun	2004
Grenada: macro-socio-economic assessment of the damage caused by Hurricane Ivan, September 7th, 2004	OECS	2004
Manual de evaluación de daños y necesidades en salud para situaciones de desastre	PAHO; WHO	2004
Reducing the impact of crises on people’s health	WHO	2004
Guidelines on non-structural safety in health facilities	MOH, Nepal - gov; WHO	2004
Practical guidelines for infection control in health care facilities	WHO	2004
45th Directing Council, 56th Session of the regional committee: report on reducing the impact of disasters on health facilities	PAHO; WHO	2004
Extreme weather and climate events and public health responses: report on a WHO meeting, Bratislava, Slovakia, 09-10 February 2004	EEA; WHO	2004