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- Permanent Link:
- http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI13042137/00001
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- Summary:
- This World Risk Report is a project of the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security in Bonn, Germany. It focuses on governance and civil society and their relationship to vulnerability and societal capacity to cope with disaster. The project used available global data to generate the World Risk Index. The Index is based on four components: exposure to a natural hazards and climatic stimulus, susceptibility, coping capacities, and adaptive capacities. To operationalize these components, each is separated into five sub-categories. The first component took into consideration five major hazards: earthquakes, storms, floods, droughts, and sea level rise. The second component is composed of public infrastructure, housing conditions, nutrition, poverty /dependencies, and economic capacity/income distribution. The third component (coping capacities) paid attention to five areas: government/authorities, disaster preparedness/early warning, medical services, social networks, and material coverage. The last component is also composed of five sub-categories: education and research, gender equity, environmental status/ecosystem protection, adaptation strategies, and investments. In addition to the creation of the World Risk Index, the project ranked countries for each component, listing the top 15 exposed countries, most susceptible countries, the lowest coping capacity countries, and the lowest adaptive capacity countries (p.26-27). It also includes a list of the top 15 most vulnerable countries, and those with the highest risk (p.28). Furthermore, the study ranks the countries across different regions of the world (pp.30-35). After presenting the World Risk Index, the report touches upon three issues: state failure as a risk factor, local risk management, and demanding state responsibility. In this part of the study, several country case studies are presented from: Chile, India, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, and the Philippines. The last chapter presents conclusions and recommendations. According to the author: (i) DRR should be integrated into development programs as a cross-cutting issue, (ii) better coordination and enforcement mechanisms are required in the various policy areas such as education and environment, (iii) the establishment of long-term and pro-active engagements on the part of the international DRR community is necessary, and (iv) external actors should not replace national governments and civil society in the realm of DRR policymaking and implementation, but rather play supporting roles in these processes. ( English )
- Subject:
- Disaster Risk Management ( English )
- Citation/Reference:
- Jeschonnek, L. (2011). World risk report 2011. Bundnis Entwicklung Hilft/Alliance Development Works, United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS).
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