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At Risk: Natural hazards, people's vulnerability and disasters
Piers Blaikie, Terry Cannon, Ian Davis and Ben Wisner
Reasserts the significance of the human factor in disasters, establishing that the social, political and economic environment is as much a cause of disasters as the natural environment. Also argues that disaster mitigation is rooted in common action.
ISBN 0415084776, (Routledge), 1994, 284pp, £17.99,

Building For Safety Compendium: An annotated bibliography and information directory for safe building
Andrew Clayton and Ian Davis
Compendium of key publications, organizations, information sources and funding agencies for building improvement programmes. Over 100 selected publications and institutions.
ISBN 1853391816, (ITP), 1994, 56pp, £9.95,

Communicating Building For Safety: Guidelines for communicating technical information to local builders and householders
Eric Dudley and Ane Haaland
Presents the principles of communicating the information needed for building improvement. Covers the uses of different media to convey information and describes the use of graphic design for education.
ISBN 1853391832, (ITP), 1994, 80pp, £9.95,

Developing Building for Safety Programmes: Guidelines for organizing safe building programmes in disaster-prone areas
Yasemin Aysan, Andrew Clayton, Alistair Cory, Ian Davis and David Sanderson
Summarizes the basic principles to be considered in the planning and implementation of community-based building improvement programmes for small dwellings in disaster-prone areas. Including case studies illustrating suggestions made.
ISBN 1853391840, (ITP), 1995, 120pp, £9.95,

Development in States of War
Introduced by Stephen Commins
This collection of papers looks at the role of development in states of war. Alex de Waal focuses on famine as a tool for violating human rights, while Francisco Alvarez Sol­s and Pauline Maryin, writing about El Salvador, show how civilian organisations mobilised for peace in the midst of war. Lucy Bonnerjea addresses the needs of children who become separated from their families, and Hans Buwalda describes work in the Philippines that helps children to come to terms with their suffering. Derek Summerfield offers guidance on policy and practice to NGOs involved in conflict-related emergencies.
ISBN 0855983442, (Oxfam), 1996, 108pp, £8.95,

Disaster and Development: Politics of Humanitarian Aid
Neil Middleton and Phil O'Keefe.
In this compelling and controversial new study, Middleton and O'Keefe examine the links between disasters, aid, development and relief in the context of globalization, the `free-market' ideology of the industrialised nations, the rapacity of short-termism and the rise of new forms of colonialism - and argue that the profoundly political dimensions of humanitarian aid and disaster relief are being ignored. To illustrate this, the authors draw on case studies from Somalia, Kenya, Sudan, Mozambique, Rwanda, Afghanistan and Azerbaijan. The book concludes with a consideration of the political framework of humanitarian aid, and assesses the chances of change.
ISBN 0745312241, (Pluto Press), 1998, 197pp, £12.99,

Disaster Mitigation, Preparedness and Response: An audit of UK assets
David Sanderson, Ian Davis, John Twigg and Belinda Cowden
The audit brings together, for the first time, information on the activity of British individuals and organizations working in disaster mitigation, preparedness and response. Over 170 returned questionnaires, interviews, reviews and research form the basis of this book. It includes overviews of the scope, content and regional locations of UK disaster activity, breakdown of organization types currently active, funding sources, IDNDR focal points and directories of individuals and organizations working in disaster mitigation, preparedness and response.
ISBN 1853393312, (ITP), 1995, 144pp, £14.95,

The Distribution of Seeds and Tools in Emergencies
D Johnson

ISBN 0855983833, (Oxfam), 1997, , £5.95,

Engineering in Emergencies: A practical guide for relief workers
Jan Davis and Robert Lambert
Armed conflict, drought, famine and other serious disasters create emergencies in which large numbers of people often require urgent help. The aim of Engineering in Emergencies, which has been produced with the agency RedR, is to help relief workers make the right decisions so that humanitarian assistance reaches those in need as effectively as possible. This accessible and practical book draws on the experience of a wide range of relief workes, notably RedR members, and treats in depth both 'hard' topics, including the provision of water, sanitation, and shelter, and 'softer' issues, such as the needs of refugees, managerial skills and personal effectiveness. The text is cross-referenced and indexed, and is supported by illustrations, tables and checklists.
ISBN 1853392227, (ITP), 1995, 717pp, £19.95,

Famine Early Warning and Response - The Missing Link
Margaret Buchanan-Smith and Susanna Davies
Drawing on case studies from Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad, Mali and Kenya (focusing on Turkana district) during the drought years of 1990-91, this book investigates why early warning signals were not translated into timely intervention. It examines, for the first time, the role of early warning information in decision-making processes, particularly within key donor agencies. Two major constraints are identified. The first is the inability of the current international relief system to respond before potential problems turn into emergencies. The second lies within the complex arena of relations between national governments and aid donors where red tape and political manoeuvring can delay aid shipments and block relief efforts. The book concludes with practical policy recommendations, on who 'owns' early warning information, how it is used and looks at how to speed up the logistics of emergency relief.
ISBN 185339291X, (ITP), 1995, 240pp, £14.95,

Rebuilding Communities in a Refugee Settlement: A casebook from Uganda
Lina Payne
This book gives a critical account of a complex and ambitious refugee-settlement programme in support of ever undertaken by Oxfam GB, in support refugees who fled in 1993 from armed conflict in south Sudan into a remote and insecure region in north-west Uganda. The book relates how structures were established to ensure the representation of all groups, particularly the most vulnerable. It considers the questions of integration with the local host population; site-suitability and the impact of refugee settlements on their physical environment; the problems of `donor fatigue'; and the internal stresses created when s disaster-relief operation evolves into a community-development programme in a still-turbulant context.
ISBN 0855983949, (Oxfam), 1998, 190pp, £7.95,

Reducing Risk: Participatory learning activities for disaster mitigation in Southern Africa
Astrid von Kotze and Ailsa Holloway
A collection of participatory learning activities for people who work with at-risk communities, either in development or relief. It is intended to increase understanding about community risk and vulnerability as well as strengthen the training capacities of those involved in community-based disaster management.
ISBN 0855983477, (Oxfam), 1996, 302pp, £14.95,

Refugee Health: An approach to emergency situations
Frontieres Medicines sans
Intended for professionals involved in public health assistance to refugees and displaced persons, Refugee Health deals with a variety of specific refugee health issues at decisional level, and discusses the priorities of intervention during the different stages of a refugee crisis, from emergency to repatriation.
ISBN 0333722108, (Macmillan), 1997, 380pp, £6.25,

Rising from the Ashes: Development strategies in times of disaster
Mary B. Anderson and Peter J. Woodrow
Drawing on case histories of emergency relief programmes that have successfully promoted development, the book offers guidelines for fashioning assistance programmes designed to counter the effects of both natural and human-caused disasters. The authors, Mary Anderson and Peter Woodrow, argue that relief efforts must support and enhance existing capacities and they present an analytical framework for assessing the characteristics and needs of afflicted communities. "Rising from the Ashes has changed the way we do business. It is now a standard text for anyone working in disaster response." Peter Walker, Director, Disaster and Refuge Policy Department, IFRC
ISBN 1853394394, (ITP), 1998, , £14.95,

South Asian Women: Facing disasters, securing life
Edited by Priyanthi Fernando and Vijitha Fernando.
Women's gendered role in South Asian society as nurturers and carers for the young and old have enabled them to develop particular skills for survival. These skills are often overlooked by policy makers and relief operations. This book focuses on the interaction of gender and politics in the `management' of disasters in South Asian societies.
ISBN 9556390006, (IT Sri Lanka), 1998, 75pp, £9.95,

Technical Principles of Building for Safety
Andrew Coburn, Richard Hughes, Robin Spence and Antonois Pomonis
Details the basic principles to be considered in the planning and implementation of community-based building improvement programmes for small dwellings in disaster-prone areas. Includes sections on earthquake-, flood- and wind-resistant construction.
ISBN 1853391824, (ITP), 1995, 120pp, £9.95,

Temporary Human Settlement Planning for Displaced Populations in Emergencies
Andrew Chalinder
This booklet aims to braoden the thinking on temporary human settlement planning in emergencies. It asks what is good, or at least better, pratcice in planning `for' not planning `of' temporary settlements for displaced populations. Part of the Relief and Rehabilitation Network series.
ISBN 0850033721, (Relief & Rehabilitation Network), 1998, , £10.00,

Understanding Vulnerability: South Asian Perspectives
John Twigg and Mihir R.Bhatt
Each year more than 130 million people are affected by natural hazards such as floods, earthquakes, droughts amd cyclones. Nearly all of these disaster victims live in the poorer countries of the Third World, where each year more and more people become vulnerable to hazards because of changes in their social, economic, cultural and political environment. In recent years, researchers and development agencies have begun to investigate why certain groups of people are more vulnerable to disasters than others, but relatively little work has been done on vulnerability in South Asia where more than half the world's disaster victims live. Understanding Vulnerability breaks new ground by exploring these issues from a South Asian standpoint, presented in the form of case studies and essays by experts from India, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Ela Bhatt writes about poor women in the towns and countryside of the Indian State of Gujarat who face a wide range of hazards, both natural and man-made. Ngamindra Dahal studies Nepali villagers who live under the permanent threat of mountain floods and landslides. R.B.Senaka Arachchi looks at a village society in Sri Lanka's Dry Zone which endures drought as a persistent hazard to its agricultural way of life. The final essay, by Mihir Bhatt, is a thought-provoking discussion of ways of understanding vulnerability by learning from vulnerable people; it is a spur to operational agencies and fieldworkers to improve their ways of working. The lessons in Understanding Vulnerability will be of value to development and disater planners and managers not only in South Asia but in many other regions where vulnerable people are confronted by hazards.
ISBN 1853394556, (ITP), 1998, 290pp, £12.95,