Dear List members,
I am currently working on a project that tries to understand disaster
cost/loss data management (collection, stroration, dissemination) in
different countries. For each country I would like to know:
Who are collecting disaster data?
What type of data is collected?
What procedures or standards are used in data collection?
Who are the main users or stakeholders in disaster cost/loss data?
How collected data is distributed among different stakeholders?
.............
If you have any info about any of the above issues in your country it is
very much appreciated if you can share it with me.
Thank you very much.
Ali Asgary
Dept. of Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies
Brandon University, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Musson, Roger MW
Sent: 2004/09/24 08:43 Þ.Ù
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Subject: [Hazardmit] Re: Plague and bio-terrorism
I would add one note to this interesting paper.
Some years ago, when researching historical seismicity in S China, I came
across some original accounts of the 1894 plague outbreak in Hong Kong.
While I don't have the exact details to hand, I remember that the deaths
that occurred were exclusively or almost exclusively amongst the Chinese
population; Europeans either didn't contract it, or if they did, were
successfully treated and survived. This is further evidence that even 100
years ago western medicine was capable of negating serious danger from
plague outbreaks.
Roger Musson
BGS
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> From: John Twigg [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 24 September 2004 10:12
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Plague and bio-terrorism
>
>
> The Benfield Hazard Research Centre has just published a new
> working paper
> on 'Plague and bio-terrorism' by Dr Graham Twigg, Centre for
> Metropolitan
> History, University of London. Using historical and epidemiological
> evidence, the paper argues that plague has serious limitations for
> terrorists as a potential weapon of mass destruction, even
> though it could
> cause fear and panic.
>
> This paper and the other 9 papers in the Benfield Hazard
> Research Centre's
> series of working papers in disaster studies can be found at:
>
> www.benfieldhrc.org/SiteRoot/disaster_studies/working_papers.htm
>
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