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- Summary:
- This document discusses the disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC) societies in South-East Asia. It highlights the critical role of community-based approaches to disaster risk management (DRM) in making communities facing disasters safer. South-East Asia is comprised of Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is one of the most disaster-prone regions of the world. Many of these countries are exposed to tropical cyclones, floods, landslides, droughts, and tsunamis. In 2008, 235,000 people died due to disasters in the region. That year was also one of the costliest in terms of disasters in recent history, with US$181 billion in economic damage. The threats posed by the hazards outlined above are multiplied by rapid population growth and unplanned urbanization, as well as environmental degradation and the unsustainable exploitation of natural resources. In order to respond to these threats, the IFRC’s DRR Framework for South-East Asia outlines four key elements: (i) risk informed humanitarian response, (ii) country-specific mitigation, prevention and adaptation activities, (iii) sector-based programming to build across the disaster management spectrum, and (iv) core cross cutting components of community safety and resilience (p.3). Annex 2 provides a detailed list of proposed activities and expected outcomes concerning the four key elements (p.12-24). Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies throughout the region have improved their humanitarian response capacity by recruiting and developing skilled disaster management volunteers; engaging in multi-hazard contingency and disaster response planning at both national and regional levels; pre-positioning emergency stocks in strategic locations; and investing in community-based disaster management as critical to disaster response and recovery capacity. Improved disaster risk management has also been the result of integrating the works of those in healthcare, water and sanitation, development, shelter, etc. into community-based DRR initiatives. In order to establish community-based DRR in the region, National Societies have worked on simplifying vulnerability and capacity assessments as community-based planning tools, improving community-based early warning systems, and integrating DRR into formal education. ( English )
- Subject:
- Disaster Risk Reduction ( English )
- Citation/Reference:
- (2010). Reducing the risks: a framework for DRR in South-East Asia. South East Asia Regional Office—Bangkok, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).
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- Florida International University
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- Resource Identifier:
- FI13042400
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