Activity 11.6
Read
Textbook
Carter, Disaster management:  A disaster manager's handbook, Appendix C (Survey and Assessment), pp. 367–77.
Whilst reading the text, consider the questions below and see how the text addresses these questions.
1.	What are the two main reasons that Carter gives for disaster assessment?
2.	From this reading, what would you suggest are the main reasons for using standardised reporting formats in disaster assessment?