Local disaster risk management in a changing climate perspective from Central America /

• Other Authors: Hori, Tsuneki, Shaw, Rajib
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2014.
• Series: Community, environment and disaster risk management ; v. 17.
• Subjects: Social Science > Disasters & Disaster Relief.; Science > Environmental Science.; Natural disasters.; Social impact of environmental issues.; Management of land & natural resources.; Global warming > Central America.

Disasters cause economic as well as human losses. Indeed, economic losses associated directly with disasters have continued at increasing proportions worldwide since the 1970s, as the 2011 Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction conducted by the United Nations International Strategy for...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Local disaster risk management in Central America
• Incorporating climate hazards into national disaster risk management
• Incorporating climate hazards into local development planning
• Elements for sustainable community-based disaster risk management
• Climate change perception and local risk awareness for sustainable community-based disaster risk management
• Factors for enhancing local DRM capacity
• Conclusion.