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Framework for Regional Cooperation on Space Technology Supported Disaster Reduction Strategies in Asia and the Pacific

Towards regional cooperative mechanisms for managing floods and drought in Asia and the Pacific using space technology

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REFERENCES

ADPC, 2002. Summary Paper on Best Practices in Disaster Mitigation. Regional Workshop on Best Practices in Disaster Mitigation, Organized by ADPC, 24-26 September, Bali, Indonesia.

CEOS, 2001. The Use of Earth Observing Satellites for Hazard Support: Assessments and Scenarios <disaster.ceos.org/2001Ceos/overview.html>.

CRED, n.d. Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, <www.cred.be/emdat/sumdat.htm>.

Cutter, Susan L. (ed.), 2001. American Hazardscapes: the regionalization of hazards and disasters (Washington, D.C., Joseph Henry Press).

Dehqanzada,Yahya A. and Ann M. Florini, 2000. Secrets for Sale: How Commercial Satellite Imagery Will Change the World (Washington, D.C., Carnegie Endowment for International Peace).

ESCAP, 2003. Working paper for Expert Group Meeting on the Use of Space Technology Applications for Poverty Alleviation. Bangkok, Thailand, 16-17 August.

GDIN, 1997. Harnessing Information and Technology for Disaster Management. The Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN), Disaster Information Task Force Report. United States Department of Commerce.

IAF, 2003. Highlights in Space Technology and Applications, International Astronautical Federation (IAF) Congress. Bremen, Germany, September.

IFRC, 2000. World Disasters Report 2000. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies <www.ifrc.org/publicat/wdr2000>.

ISDR, 2002. Living with Risk: A Global Review of Disaster Reduction Initiatives (Geneva, Switzerland) <www.unisdr.org/eng/about_isdr/bd-lwr-eng.htm>.

United Nations, 2000. Implementation of an integrated, space-based global natural disaster management system (A/AC.105/758; 21 December 2000).

United Nations, 2002. Implementation of the recommendations of the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III): progress report of the Action Team on Disaster Management (A/AC.105/C.1/L.263; 9 December 2002).

United Nations, 2003. United Nations Regional Workshop on the Use of Space Technology for Disaster Management for Asia and the Pacific. Bangkok, Thailand, 11-15 November 2002 (A/AC.105/800; 2 June 2003).

Williamson, Ray A., Henry R. Hertzfeld, Joseph Cordes and John M. Logsdons, 2001. The socioeconomic benefits of Earth science and applications research: reducing the risks and cost of natural disasters in the United States. Space Policy Institute, Elliot School of International Affairs.

Worldlink, n.d. <backissues.worldlink.co.uk/articles>, <www.worldlink.co.uk>.

 

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