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- Permanent Link:
- http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI13042152/00001
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- Summary:
- This document provides a general orientation to Community-Based Disaster Risk Management (CBDRM), its guidelines, methodologies, and application to Vietnam. It serves as a theoretical and practical reference for those engaged in CBDRM at the national and provincial levels, as well as those seeking to replicate the approach more broadly in different contexts. The document is divided into two sections. The first is a discussion of CBDRM in terms of theory and principles, and how it is applied before, during, and after disasters. In CBDRM, communities are at the heart of the decision-making and implementation process of disaster risk management (DRM), playing a central role in the identification and analysis of risks, as well as long-term risk reduction. Such active participation is critical to developing the culture of safety needed to reduce local vulnerabilities and build capacities. Another core principle outlined is the importance of involving the most vulnerable, acknowledging differences in vulnerabilities and capacities. CBDRM addresses disaster within the context of development, and focuses on improving quality of life through efforts to reduce poverty, social inequality, and environmental degradation. The second part of the document presents the application of CBDRM in Vietnam. While disaster management in Vietnam has historically privileged structural measures and emergency response, the National Strategy for Natural Disaster Prevention, Response and Mitigation to 2020 indicated a shift towards proactive community action with the Government approving a national plan to establish CBDRM initiatives in 6,000 of the most vulnerable villages between 2009 and 2020. This document was developed through the review of existing CBDRM materials and methodologies, discussions with CBDRM practitioners, and field visits to CBDRM projects throughout Vietnam. CBDRM begins with profiling communities in terms of socioeconomic characteristics, livelihood strategies, spatial characteristics, vulnerable households and groups, followed by hazard, vulnerability, and capacity assessments. Involving communities in these processes gives them a clearer understanding of why they are vulnerable to disasters, allowing them to begin developing a disaster risk reduction (DRR) plan in relation to local development priorities. These communities must also play a key role in monitoring whether or not DRR objectives are actively being met over time, establishing accountability and fostering greater local ownership. ( English,English, )
- Subject:
- Disaster Risk Management
- Citation/Reference:
- (2011). Framework on community based disaster risk management in Vietnam. Joint Advocacy Networking Initiative in Vietnam (JANI), Centre for International Studies and Cooperation.
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