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- Summary:
- This document is a handbook on the concept of Total Disaster Risk Management (TDRM), a comprehensive and holistic approach to disaster risk reduction (DRR), presenting examples of good practices gleaned from experiences throughout Asia. It was produced for the 2005 UN World Conference on Disaster Reduction held in Kobe, Japan. The first section of the handbook discusses the two main elements within the concept of TDRM. The first is the belief that disaster risk management (DRM) should involve all relevant stakeholders, that it should not be the job of any one organization but rather achieved through the coordination of various organizations at the international, national, local, and community levels. This involves establishing coordination mechanisms and legal frameworks for DRM, improving information sharing and management systems, promoting education and public awareness regarding disaster risks and strategies to address them, encouraging citizen participation, and integrating DRR into development planning. The second element of TDRM is an emphasis on the implementation of all the phases of DRM. It recognizes that it is not enough to focus exclusively on responding to disasters when they occur, but that the pre-disaster phases of prevention/mitigation and preparedness, and the post-disaster stages of rehabilitation/reconstruction are critical to addressing vulnerability and risks to disaster. The second section of the document highlights cases of good practices in DRM throughout Asia. This includes efforts to plant mangroves in Vietnam as a means of mitigating sea dyke erosion; the establishment of Asia’s largest wireless network in Bangladesh as part of its cyclone preparedness initiative; the application of hazard maps in Japan to address the issue of soil erosion and earthquake hazards; community awareness and capacity building initiatives in Iran focused on safe house construction; as well as similar efforts in Armenia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. While this handbook promotes total disaster risk management, there are important elements of DRM that receive only cursory attention. Risk Identification in the form of hazard and vulnerability studies and Risk Transfer in the forms of financing and transfer are not discussed in much depth. The former provides preliminary information on risks and probabilities of disaster while the latter (e.g., insurance and emergency funds) are critical instruments for addressing the economic losses associated with disasters, and thus facilitating rapid recovery.
- Subject:
- General Disaster Risk Management
- Citation/Reference:
- (2005). Total disaster risk management: good practices. Asian Disaster Reduction Center, CRID.
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- Florida International University
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- Refer to main document/publisher for use rights.
- Resource Identifier:
- FI13042682
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