一、会议目的和主办单位“国际减轻自然灾害研究和实践:小型建筑和社区开发会议”于1984年10月8日至11日在印度首都新德里政府大厦(Vigyan Bhavan)召开。这次会议的目的是把从事减轻诸如地震、洪水和飓风等自然灾害研究和实践的建筑研究人员、社区规划师及其他有关专家集合在一起,着重讨论小型建筑、社区开发及农村开发如何减轻自然灾害的问 I. Purpose of the Meeting and Organizers The International Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction: Small Buildings and Community Development was held in Vigyan Bhavan, capital of India, from October 8 to 11, 1984. The purpose of this meeting is to bring together architects, community planners and other experts involved in the mitigation of natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods and hurricanes, with a focus on how small-scale construction, community development and rural development can ease the natural Disaster asked