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- Summary:
- This document outlines the status of disaster risk reduction (DRR) in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. It highlights improvements in the implementation of DRR within the region, areas where more work needs to be done, and the various hindrances to more efficient and effective implementation of DRR measures. The document begins with a discussion of the prevalent risk and disaster dynamics found throughout LAC, and the ways in which these dynamics have evolved over the years. Traditionally, the region has been known for the various natural hazards (earthquakes and hurricanes) that have impacted its populations, but recently, as a result of changes to the economic, social, political, and institutional contexts of the region, these populations have also faced the impact of a number of socio-natural (floods, droughts, and landslides related to deforestation) and anthropogenic (relating to production, consumption, and circulation) hazards. While policymakers in the region have studied these phenomena, substantial shortfalls in the theoretical understanding and practical implementation of DRR remain. The authors recognize that while risk and vulnerability are felt mainly at the local and individual levels, their sources are increasingly a result of globalization processes. As such, they demand that community-based DRR initiatives take into account how they are impacted by international phenomena. The inclusion of globalization and its effects provides new economic, social, cultural, and political dimensions previously ignored by DRR scholars. Additionally, the document discusses the concept of underdevelopment, believed to offer a more accurate understanding of the relationship between globalization and developing states, and how it hinders DRR efforts. The authors insist that disaster risk management (DRM) move beyond disaster response and preparedness towards the incorporate of prevention and mitigation initiatives. It calls on government entities engaged in DRM to develop working relationships with NGOs, UNDP, and community-based groups. They also support the transfer of DRM and DRR responsibilities away from military towards civilian control, in order to strengthen democratic norms and values, and to decentralize these processes. They implore states to move beyond short-term economic goals that have exacerbated risks towards sustainable development goals that incorporate efforts to reduce risk ( English )
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- Social ( English )
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- Politics ( English )
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- General Risk Management ( English )
- Citation/Reference:
- Lavell, A., Cardona, O. D. Considerations on the economic, social, political and institutional context and challenges for integrated risk and disaster management in Latin America. Red de Estudios Sociales en Prevención de Desastres en América Latina (LA RED), Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLASCO).
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- Florida International University
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- Refer to main document/publisher for use rights.
- Resource Identifier:
- FI13042582
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