About this Book

Study of international emergency relief systems and the impact of both natural disasters and relief efforts on economic development in developing countries - considers the assistance provided by UNDRO and voluntary organizations; includes case studies of drought and starvation in the Sahel in the early 1970s, the Managua Nicaragua seism of 1972, the Guatemalan seism of 1976 and the Programa Kuchuba'l, and the Andra Pradesh India cyclone of 1977. Bibliography, diagrams, glossary, graph, maps, photographs.