Community-based disaster risk reduction

• Other Authors: Shaw, Rajib
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2012.
• Series: Community, environment and disaster risk management ; v. 10.
• Subjects: Nature > Environmental Conservation & Protection.; Nature > Natural Resources.; Nature > General.; The environment.; Natural disasters.; Emergency management.; Emergency management > Citizen participation.

Communities are at the core of disaster risk reduction (DRR), and community based approaches are getting increasing focus in national DRR plans. In the case of past disasters, communities were always the first responders, and took leading roles in the post disaster recovery. The roles of communities...