A Safer Future -- Copyright -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Chapter 1-The U.S. Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction -- A NEW APPROACH TO DISASTER REDUCTION -- A FRAMEWORK FOR HAZARD REDUCTION -- Chapter 2-Hazard and Risk Assessments -- Chapter 3-Awareness and Education -- Chapter 4-Mitigation -- Chapter 5-Preparedness for Emergency Response, Recovery, and Reconstruction -- Chapter 6-Prediction and Warning -- PREDICTION -- WARNING -- Chapter 7-Learning from Disasters -- Chapter 8-U.S. Participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction -- BROAD-BASED U.S. PARTICIPATION IN THE IDNDR -- DEVELOPING NATIONAL HAZARD MANAGEMENT CAPABILITIES -- A NORTH AMERICAN PROGRAM -- Chapter 9-Organization of the U.S. Decade -- Appendix-Hazard Reduction Checklist -- Suggested Readings.