Disaster Planning: The Preservation of Life and Property: Springer Series on Environmental Management

1. Introduction.- References.- 2. Risk and Comprehensive Planning.- Risk and the Comprehensive Plan.- The Development of a Community Safety Plan.- Safety Goals and Objectives.- Potential Strategies.- Criteria for Evaluating Alternative Strategies.- Constraints and Strategy Adoption.- Safety Programs.- Safety Plan.- Hindsight Review.- References.- 3. Development and the Spatial Distribution of Risk.- Hazard Microzonation.- Data Collection.- Scale.- Single Hazard-One Purpose Mapping.- Single Hazard-Multiple Purpose Mapping.- Multiple Hazard-Multiple Purpose Mapping.- Acceptable Risk.- Enforcing Unacceptable Risk Standards.- Opposition to Microzonation.- References.- 4. Safety by Design.- Structural Integrity.- Operational Compatibility.- Fail-Safe Design.- Forgiving Environment for Failures.- Emergency Evacuation.- Security.- Conclusions.- References.- 5. Predicting and Preventing Disaster.- Disaster Simulation Models.- Scenarios.- Delphi Technique.- Game Simulations.- Gaming: An Overview.- Field Exercises.- Conclusion.- References.- 6. Disaster Warning Systems.- The Nature of Warning Systems.- Recognition of Danger.- Designing the Warning System.- Installation and Operation.- Education of the User Group and Modification of the Infrastructure.- Testing the System.- Modification after Testing.- Detection of Threat.- Collation and Evaluation.- The Decision to Warn.- Transmission of Warning Messages.- Interpretation of Warning Messages and Action by Recipients.- Feedback to Issuers of Warnings.- Transmission of Further Warning Messages.- Issuing of Ail-Clear Messages.- Hindsight Review.- Testing the Revised System.- References.- 7. Disaster Plans.- The Case for Preparation.- The Content of a Disaster Plan.- References.- 8. Construction and Reconstruction.- The Recovery Process.- Related Problems.- In Conclusion.- References.