THE PRAGUE FLOOD DIARY

Chapters in this book

1. I-IV I
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 5
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7
4. INTRODUCTION 9
5. CONFERENCE PROGRAM 11
6. SESSION 1: NATIONAL POLICY PLANNING
7. A COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 15
8. SETTING UP EMERGENCY PLANS: A REGIONAL APPROACH FOR DUTCH CULTURAL HERITAGE 25
9. SESSION 2: PLENARY SESSION
10. THE BLUE SHIELD: THE CULTURAL RED CROSS? 39
11. SESSION 3: INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING
12. EARTHQUAKE PREPAREDNESS AT THE ISTANBUL MUSEUMS 51
13. DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND LIBRARIES; PLANNING INTO ACTION: THE INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE 61
14. PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS AND RECOVERY 79
15. SESSION 4: DISASTER PLANS IN ACTION
16. THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF DISASTER PLANS: THE BERLIN EXPERIENCE 93
17. THE PRAGUE FLOOD DIARY 103
18. VIETNAMESE LIBRARIES: THE COLLECTIONS, THEIR VALUE, AND THE PROTECTION OF THE DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE FROM DISASTER 109
19. HURRICANES AND DISASTER RESPONSE: LESSONS LEARNED IN JAMAICA FROM "GILBERT" 117
20. SESSION 5: ASSESSING THE RISK
21. SEEKING BALANCED RISK MITIGATION: RISK ASSESSMENT AT THE CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE 127
22. WRITING A DISASTER PLAN: IDENTIFYING RISK 137
23. SESSION 6: OPTIONS FOR COLLECTIONS RECOVERY
24. COMPARISON OF DRYING METHODS 147
25. RECOVERY OF A WATER-SOAKED PHOTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION IN THE NETHERLANDS 163
26. AUDIOVISUAL AND MODERN INFORMATION MEDIA: DISASTER MITIGATION & RECOVERY 177
27. APPENDIX 1: SPEAKERS CONTACT LIST 187
28. APPENDIX 2: TRADE FAIR 191