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- Permanent Link:
- http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI13022778/00001
Notes
- Summary:
- This is a guideline on incorporating disaster risk information into land use planning. It aims to familiarize members of the Asia and Pacific Regional Consultative Committee on Disaster Management (RCC) on the role of land use planning in disaster risk reduction (DRR), and to provide a foundation for interested RCC member countries to develop similar guidelines. Rapid urbanization in developing countries places significant pressure on scarce land as migrants from rural areas move into already overcrowded cities. This leaves new arrivals with little alternative other than to occupy hazardous land alongside major rivers, to build and live in unsafe houses, and to work in precarious environments. Knowledge of the relationship between development, land use, and disaster risk provides planners with a deeper understanding of what drives people to locate in high risk areas and how to reduce the hazards facing the most vulnerable. Disaster risk assessment (DRA) is a critical component in generating disaster risk information relevant to land use planning. The DRA process involves four steps: hazard characterization, consequence analysis, risk estimation, and risk evaluation. Its results form the basis for understanding the implications of current and future land use management and development. The guideline highlights some key factors in establishing an enabling environment for incorporating disaster risk information in land use planning to reduce disaster risks. While a legal regime governing land use planning is an effective tool for reducing risks, DRR and land use planning, both being multi-disciplinary arenas, require multi-stakeholder participation. Community level participation in land use planning can be crucial to determining what approaches will be most effective in the local context, helping physical planners gain a greater understand of the level of risk acceptable to the community and how to act tactically in view of this. Case studies from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Thailand, India, the Philippines, and Viet Nam are presented in the last section. While this Guideline suggests routines to streamline particular land use planning processes, it is still up to individual countries to adopt mandatory procedures or protocols based on their individual requirements to ensure that disaster risk information are properly integrated in land use planning and that the resulting risk-sensitive land use plans ultimately reduce the vulnerability of people to hazards. ( English,English )
- Subject:
- Disaster Risk Reduction and Land-Use Planning
- Citation/Reference:
- (2011). Promoting use of disaster risk information in land-use planning. US Agency for International Development (USAID), the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID), Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC).
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