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Since 1991 the international relief system has been undergoing a process of rapid and fundamental change associated with the end of the Cold War period. The principal changes concern (i) the international community's approach to national sovereignty and the ‘right’ of armed intervention in support of humanitarian objectives, and (ii) organisatwnal changes aimed at improving the coordination and effectiveness of the response by donor organisations and the United Nations. This paper describes these changes and attempts to place them in the context of earlier trends within the international relief system, notably the enhanced role of non‐governmental organisations, which occurred during the

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1993.tb00493.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

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This paper outlines the dramatic return to Sudan of 150,000 men, women and children from Itang Refugee Camp in Ethiopia in June 1991. These people were pawns in Sudan's civil war, manipulated by governments, military forces and the media – a state of affairs that the international community failed to deal with effectively. At the time of the return to Sudan, ICRC and the United Nations were working to assist the returnees in two different areas and each had a different access agreement and thus a different impact on the survival of the returnees. The paper focuses on the role of political awareness and negotiation in the protection of refugees and in the organisation of relief in the context of a civil wa

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1993.tb00494.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

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Over the past few years, the Suri have lived through a deep ecological and social crisis without substantial external aid from either the Ethiopian government or international aid agencies. They have experienced drought, cattle disease and an increasing level of violent conflict with their neighbours, leading to the severe disruption of their traditional agro‐pastoral subsistence system and settlement pattern. Through migration, the exploitation of gold resources and investment in automatic weapons, however, they have managed virtually a full recovery of their economy and societ

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1993.tb00495.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

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This paper examines the geological and socio‐political setting of the 1992 earthquake in northern Egypt. The main conclusions concern the importance of surface geology in controlling the nature of the earthquake impact, and the role of poor construction and maintenance standards (and lapses in building regulation enforcement) in influencing the vulnerability of buildings to failure. The heaviest human losses were associated with two main types of construction: firstly the old, dilapidated adobe houses of the poor in rural areas and in Cairo's inner city slums, and secondly certain modern, engineered (in some cases illegally) high‐rise concrete constructions inhabited by the wealthy. The paper concludes by analysing the immediate response of the government and some non‐governmental organisations in Egypt to the earthquake. Politicisation of the event is linked to broader issues of economic and social reform in the country and to the rise of Islamic Fundamentalist activity in all its

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1993.tb00496.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1993.tb00497.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1993.tb00498.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1993.tb00499.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

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Symposium on the Social and Economic Aspects of Mass Voluntary Return Movements of Refugees, Addis Ababa, 15–17 September, 1992.First Workshop on the Use of Military and Civil Defence Assets in Disaster Relief, NATO, Brussels, 14–15 December 1992.Flood Hazards in Bangladesh: Hazards Forum Seminar, Institution of Civil Engineers, London, 23 March 1

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1993.tb00500.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

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Book reviewed in this article:Natural Hazards, by E.A. Bryant.Chernobyl: Insight from the Inside, by V.M. ChernousenkoCommunicating Risks to the Public: International Perspectives, edited by R.E. Kasperson and P.J.M. StallenFrom Feast to Famine: Official Cures and Grassroots Remedies to Africa's Food Crisis, by Bill Rau.The Political Economy of African Famine, edited by R.E. Downs, Donna O. Kemer and Stephen P. Reyna, Gordon and BreachFamine and Drought Mitigation in Ethiopia in the 1990s, edited by Patrick Webb, Tesfaye Zegeye and Rajul Pandya‐Lorc

ISSN:0361-3666    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-7717.1993.tb00501.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1993

数据来源: WILEY