Contents and Preliminary Pages

Natural disasters: protecting vulnerable communities

International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction

Natural disasters: protecting vulnerable communities

Proceedings of the Conference held in London, 13-15 October 1993

Edited by P. A. Merriman and C. W. A. Browitt

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Thomas Telford, London

Conference sponsored by the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Society for Earthquake and Civil Engineering Dynamics, British Nuclear Fuels pic, British Geological Survey, the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Overseas Development Administration, and organized by Thomas Telford Services Ltd

Organizing Committee Dr P. A. Merriman, British Nuclear Fuels pic, Chairman Dr R. D. Adams, International Seismological Centre Dr C. W. A. Browitt, British Geological Survey Professor W. B. Wilkinson, Institute of Hydrology Dr I. R. Davis, International Development and Emergency Relief Consultants Ltd