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Beyond disaster response, ECHO equally strives to enhance disaster prevention and preparedness, both within the European Union (EU) and beyond.  \nThis publication has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this publication are the sole responsability of UNISDR and can, in no way, be taken to reflect the view of the European Union.  \nNo use of this publication may be made for resale or other commercial purposes without prior written consent of UNISDR. All images remain in the sole property of the sources and may not be used for any purpose without writtten permission from the sources.  \nAcknowledgements  \nThis guidebook draws on many sources and owes a debt to disaster risk reduction experts and analysts the world over, including colleagues in the secretariat of the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) . It would be too much to name all of them but we would like to thank all the contributing authors and experts who have helped us, particularly Margareta Wahlström, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, Salvano Briceño, Director of UNSIDR, Debby Sapir and Regina Below from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED), Ramon Valle for the graphic design, Dizery Salim and David Singh for their editing as well as journalists from a number of media organizations. 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