Disaster Management

Aim & Scope of Disaster Management
Study Guide and Course Text

Aim & Scope of Disaster Management
Study Guide
Prepared by Don Schramm and Richard Hansen
To be used in conjunction with Aim & Scope of Disaster Management Course Text

UW-DMC
Disaster Management Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison

This publication was prepared by the Disaster Management Center at the University of WisconsinMadison with financial support from the U.S. Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance, United States Agency
for International Development (OFDA/USAID).
Text printed in Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 1993. Edited by Frederick C. Cuny, INTERTECT
(Editor); E.V. Bigninatti, American Red Cross; Robert White, UNHCR-Tanzania; and Katheran Parker,
Consultant on Disaster Management. Course guide and study questions by Don Schramm and Richard
Hanson.
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