“International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies”—cover page.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: International federation of red cross and red crescent societies—Acknowledgements—Introduction—Chapter 1 : environmental trends, disasters and their implications—Chapter 2 : flood waters rising—Chapter 3 : Mitch-anatomy of a hurricane disaster —Chapter 4 : bitters winters compound Russian crises—Chapter 5 : two quakes hit the Hindu Kush—Chapter 6 : ei nino and la nina-the pacific's deadly due—Chapter 7 : global aid reaches a new low—Chapter 8 : the sphere project: everybody's business—Chapter 9 : good data for effective response—Chapter 10 : reaching out across the world—Chapter 11 : the international federation network—Chapter 12 : overview of 1998 federation operations—The international federation on the internet—World disasters report information—World disasters report order form —Index—Advertisers—Fundamental principles.

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