Disasters & the Law

UC Berkeley School of Law

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+Department for International Development, United Kingdom (DFID), Publications Theme: Humanitarian Disasters

"DFID produces many publications, such as white papers, reports and policy documents on the ways we fight poverty. Find what you need here." — Website

+Inomata, Tadanori, Joint Inspection Unit, United Nations, Towards a United Nations Humanitarian Assistance Programme for Disaster Response and Reduction: Lessons Learned from the Indian Ocean Tsunami Disaster (A/61/699-E/2007/8) (JIU/REP/2006/5) (2006)

"Objective: To strengthen the capacity of the United Nations system to coordinate and support humanitarian assistance for disaster reduction and response through:

Integration of programme, resource management and coordination, and
Streamlining and standardization of operational, administrative and financial practices related to disaster reduction and response."

—Executive Summary.

+Peek, Lori (Editor), Children, Youth and Environments Center for Research and Design, Special Issue: Children and Disasters Children, Youth and Environments Journal, v. 18, no.1 (2008)

This special issue includes a collection of 20 papers from around the world, 4 book reviews, a media review and and an annotated compilation of resources focusing on children and youth before, during and after disasters occur.