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GLAWARS/2/24 · File · c.1984
Part of Greater London Area War Risk Study (GLAWARS)

Contains a foreword by Ken Livingstone, two postcards, a map of possible targets in and around London, 2 photomontage posters on Civil Defence, and the following publications;

'Why the GLC Disagrees with the Government',

'London and the Defence Industry'

'London as a Nuclear Free Zone'

'What Would it be Like After Nuclear Attack? A View from Inside the Civil Defence Establishment'

'Blackout to Whitewash: Civil Defence Since 1937, A GLC Exhibition'

'Doctors and the Bomb; An Article from the British Medical Journal'

Greater London Council
GLAWARS/2/2 · Item · 9 March 1982
Part of Greater London Area War Risk Study (GLAWARS)

Joint report for the Public Services and Fire Brigade Committee, the Planning Committee and the Transport Committee of the Greater London Committee following an initiative of Manchester City Council to call on the Government to refrain from manufacturing or positioning nuclear weapons within the Greater London area.

Public Services and Fire Brigade Committee, the Planning Committee and the Transport Committee, Greater London Council
GLAWARS/2/1 · Item · 11 May 1979
Part of Greater London Area War Risk Study (GLAWARS)

A report summarising the findings of surveys carried out in connection with the flood warning practice, particularly in relation to the audibility of the flood warning sirens and the public's awareness and understanding of the warning system. It examines option for improving the systems and puts forwards recommendations.

Public Services and Safety Committee, Greater London Council
GLAWARS/3/15 · File · 23 December 1983
Part of Greater London Area War Risk Study (GLAWARS)

A paper setting out the long-term biological consequences of nuclear war for the entire planet.

Paul R.Ehrlich, John Harte, Mark A.Harwell, Peter H.Raven, Carl Sagan, George M.Woodwell, Joseph Berry, Edward S.Ayensu, Anne H.Ehrlich, Thomas Eisner, Stephen J.Gould, Herbert D.Grover, Rafael Herrera, Robert M.May, Ernst Mayr, Christopher P.McKay, Harold A. Nooney, Norman Myers, David Pimentel, John M.Teal
GLAWARS/2/16 · Item · 1 May 1985
Part of Greater London Area War Risk Study (GLAWARS)

Contains correspondence between the Greater London Council and the Home Office regarding the Home Office's request for local authorities to complete preparation plans required by Civil Defence Regulations 1983. Also includes a report from a GLC meeting to discuss the Home Office request.

Greater London Council, Home Office