Landmines and unexploded ordnance : a resource book / Rae McGrath.

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Annotation Written by a Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate who is one of the leading voices in the anti-landmines campaign, this timely book is a comprehensive, practical guide to landmines and unexploded ordnance.

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List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Key Agencies and their Roles -- Governments of Mine-affected Countries -- The United Nations -- Non-governmental Organisations -- Commercial Demining Companies -- The Donors -- The Media -- Notes -- 1 An Introduction to Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance -- The development of landmines -- Landmines -- the problem recognised -- Characteristics of modern landmines -- Mode of Operation -- Type of Activation Mechanism -- Deployment Method -- Unexploded ordnance -- garbage of war.

Landmines by another name -- submunitions -- What is a minefield? -- Notes 1-17 -- 18-22 -- 2 Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance -- Post-conflict Impact -- Direct impact -- The Human Body -- Vulnerability -- Landmines and community confidence -- The cultural cost -- Indirect impact -- Medical and health services -- Transport and trade -- The impact on development -- Notes 1-15 -- 3 The Survey Process -- Mine and UXO eradication -- a task for the military?? -- Financial considerations -- Risk considerations -- Cost -- Suitability to role -- The moral perspective.

Eradicating landmines and UXO -- responding logically -- Surveys -- Mapping -- Marking -- Minefield reduction -- Community mine awareness -- Central record keeping -- Landmine and UXO eradication -- The basics -- chickens and eggs -- Recognition -- Where to begin? -- The survey process -- Establishing the facts sequence -- The Survey Task Force -- How to conduct a Level One impact assessment -- The questionnaire -- Training the survey team -- Aims, target selection and assessment methodology -- The assessment report -- The limitations of Level One assessment.

How to implement a Level Two survey -- Building a picture sources of information -- Establishing priorities -- Practical survey techniques -- Comparative values of Level One assessments and Level Two surveys and political influences on the process -- Notes 1-7 -- 8-11 -- 12-25 -- 26-34 -- 4.1 Eradicating Landmines and Unexploded Ordnance -- Physical eradication of landmines and UXO the process -- Manual clearance -- Electronic search -- Guide or base stick -- Safety distances and minefield management -- Clothing -- Mine probes -- Mechanisation -- Dogs -- Minefield reduction.

Minefield marking -- Battle area clearance -- Technique summary -- Quality assurance -- Accidents -- being prepared -- Immediate minefield drills following an accident -- Planning -- Insurance for demining operations -- Notes -- 4.2 Sustainable Management Structures for National Demining Programmes -- Contrasting approaches -- Some relevant practical management skills -- The decision-making process in management -- Key structural considerations -- Profile and oversight of national programmes -- Sustainability -- Organisational sustainability -- Structural sustainability -- Manpower sustainability.

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