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Living with Risk. A global review of disaster reduction initiatives

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GEO<br />

GESI<br />

GFMC<br />

GHI<br />

GIEWS<br />

GIS<br />

GLIDES<br />

GLO-DISNET<br />

GLOF<br />

GMES<br />

GMGS<br />

GNP<br />

GOOS<br />

GPHIN<br />

GPS<br />

GRID<br />

GROOTS<br />

GSDMA<br />

GSJ<br />

GSHAP<br />

GTOS<br />

GTZ<br />

hHAZ TAIWAN<br />

HAZUS<br />

HDR<br />

HIV/AIDS<br />

HNDGDM<br />

HOMS<br />

HPC-DMP<br />

HYCOS<br />

Global Environment Outlook Report,UNEP<br />

Global Earthquake Safety Initiative, Hyogo Office, Japan<br />

Global Fire Monitoring Center, Germany<br />

GeoHazards International, California, USA<br />

Global Information Early Warning System, FAO<br />

Geographic Information Systems<br />

GLobal IDEntifier number<br />

Global Disaster Information Network<br />

Glacial Lake Outburst Flood<br />

Global Monitoring for the Environment and Security (EU initiative)<br />

Groupe Maghrébin de Génie Sismique<br />

Gross National Product<br />

Global Ocean Observing System<br />

Global Public Health Intelligence Network<br />

Global Positioning System<br />

Global Resource Information Database, UNEP<br />

Grass Root Organization Operating in Sisterhood<br />

Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority, India<br />

Geological Survey <strong>of</strong> Japan<br />

Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program<br />

Global Terrestrial Observing System<br />

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit<br />

(German Agency for Technical Cooperation)<br />

Earthquake Loss Estimation Methodology, Taiwan<br />

Natural Hazard Loss Estimation Methodology, FEMA<br />

Human Development Report, UNDP<br />

Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome<br />

Hungarian National Directorate General for Disaster Management<br />

Hydrological Operational Multipurpose System <strong>of</strong> WMO<br />

High Powered Committee on Disaster Management Plans, India<br />

Hydrological Cycle Observing System<br />

Annexes<br />

a3<br />

iIACNDR<br />

Inter-American Committee for Natural Disaster Reduction<br />

IADB<br />

Inter-American Development Bank. See also: IDB.<br />

IAEA<br />

International Atomic Energy Agency, United Nations<br />

IAEE<br />

International Association <strong>of</strong> Earthquake Engineering, Tokyo, Japan<br />

IASC<br />

Inter-Agency Standing Committee<br />

IASPEI<br />

International Association <strong>of</strong> Seismology and Physics <strong>of</strong> the Earth’s Interior<br />

IATF<br />

Inter-Agency Task Force (ISDR)<br />

IAVCEI<br />

International Association <strong>of</strong> Volcanology and Chemistry <strong>of</strong> the Earth’s Interior<br />

IBHS<br />

Institute for Business and Home Safety, USA<br />

IBRD<br />

International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, World Bank<br />

ICAO<br />

International Civil Aviation Organization<br />

ICET<br />

Intergovernmental Conference on Emergency Telecommunications<br />

ICIMOD<br />

International Center for Integrated Mountain Development, Nepal<br />

ICRC<br />

International Committee <strong>of</strong> the Red Cross<br />

ICSU<br />

International Council <strong>of</strong> Science, Paris, France<br />

ICTP<br />

International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy<br />

ICVA<br />

International Council <strong>of</strong> Voluntary Agencies<br />

ICWE<br />

International Conference on Water and the Environment, United Nations<br />

IDA<br />

International Development Association, World Bank<br />

IDAACA<br />

International Distributed Active Archive Centre for Africa<br />

IDB<br />

Inter-American Development Bank (Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo). See also: IADB<br />

IDF<br />

Institutional Development Fund, World Bank<br />

IDMC<br />

Inter-departmental Disaster Management Committee, South Africa<br />

IDNDR International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, 1990-1999<br />

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