International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (ISDR)

Content

Editorial
	Editorial

Global ISDR
	The Third Meeting of the Inter-Agency Task Force on Disaster Reduction
	United Nations, World Disaster Reduction Campaign 2001 Countering Disasters, Targeting Vulnerability
	Munich-Re, Megacities: Growing loss potentials?

Disaster in the Region
	ECLAC: Summary of the Damage Caused by the Earthquakes of 13 January and 13 February 2001 in El Salvador
	Reflections from Bolivia: When Prevention Becomes The Top Priority
	The Hurricane Season

Contributions
	Significance Of An Earthquake Early Warning System For Vulnerable Essential Facilities: The Example of A Potential Implementation in Costa Rica
	Lack of Public Information and Educational Communication Increases the Damage Caused by Natural Disasters
	Prevention and Planning
	Forest Fires in Cuba

In the Spotlight: Communities
	Strengthening Local Capacity for Disaster Reduction: The Experience of the PAHO
	Strategic community management for reducing vulnerability to disasters
	Program for Reducing Vulnerability to Floods and Developing Early Warning Systems in Small River Basins
	Guidelines for Elaborating a Community Risk Map
	Experiences In Natural And Epidemic Disaster Mitigation, Prevention And Preparedness In Marginal Communities Of Guatemala City
	Progress in the IMSS Solidarity Program in South Veracruz, Mexico
	A RADIO SOAP OPERA Promoting the Culture of Prevention !

Partners in Action
	PREANDINO Regional Andean Program for Risk Reduction and Disaster Prevention
	Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Financial Mechanisms for Risk Management
	Promoting a Culture of Disaster Prevention
	The Global Earthquake Safety Initiative (GESI)
	Hemispheric Plan for Environmental Management Guidance of Road Transportation Corridors
	Swiss Support for Disaster Prevention in Central America
	Perspectivas para o Século XXI (en portugués)
	Vulnerabilidade geológica em um parque florestal do sudeste do Brasil, usando sistema geográfico de informação (en portugués)
	Tropical Cyclone Programme
	Preparedness to Climate Variability and Global Change in Small Island Developing States, Caribbean Region (SIDS-CARIBBEAN Project)
	Hemispheric Conference on Reducing the Vulnerability of Trade Corridors to Socio-Natural Disasters
	Healthy Housing for the Reconstruction of El Salvador
	TAdvanced Degree in Environmental Pollution and Toxicological Assessment
	Training for Disaster Reductuion
	The Hemispheric Plan For Reducing The Education Sector’s Vulnerability To Disasters

Kids an Youth
	Hidrometeorological Phenomena
	Hurricanes

Multimedia
	WORKSHOP: Management of disaster information units
	Disaster Information Management Meeting
	Topics: Annual Review Naturla Catastrophes 2000 Munich Re Group
	PAHO/WHO Virtual Library on Disaster an Health
	CD-ROM: Seismic Risk: Applications for Schools

Cover photo: Maqueta de la Comunidad para identificar amenazas y vulnerabilidad
del recinto de la Independencia Cantón Daule
Cruz Roja del Guayas, Ecuador

ISDR Informs – a Magazine for Latin America and the Caribbean,
is produced by the Regional Unit for Latin America and the Caribbean, part of the UN Inter
Agency Secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in Geneva.

The information and opinions expressed in this magazine do not
necessarily reflect the policies of the ISDR Secretariat.

Credits:
Editor: Elina Palm
General Production: Margarita Villalobos M.
Graphic Design: Mario Barrantes
Cover Design: Mario Barrantes
Photographs:EIRD, J. Jenkins, PED/CR, FOSOVI Honduras,
PED/EC, OVSICORI, Cruz Roja Guayas EC, GESI, COSUDE, Defensa Civil Rio Claro, CRID
Translation: Hermann Steffen, Roberto Prado
Printed by Impersión Comercial La Nación

The publication of this issue of ISDR Informs was made possible thanks to the
support of the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA )

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