The Role of Ecosystems in Disaster Risk Reduction - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9280812211 ISBN 13: 9789280812213

Publisher: United Nations, 2013

Synopsis

The increasing worldwide trend in disasters, which will be aggravated by global environmental change, urges us to implement new approaches to hazard mitigation, as well as exposure and vulnerability reduction. Ecosystem management is a well-tested solution to sustainable development that is being revisited because of its inherent “win–win” and “no-regrets” appeal to address rising disaster and climate change issues. It is one of the few approaches that can impact all elements of the disaster risk equation – mitigating hazards, reducing exposure, reducing vulnerabilities and increasing the resilience of exposed communities. Yet, the uptake of ecosystem-based approaches for disaster risk reduction (DRR) is slow despite some very good examples of success stories. Reasons for this are multiple: ecosystem management is rarely considered as part of the portfolio of DRR solutions because the environmental and disaster management communities typically work independently from each other; its contribution to DRR is highly undervalued compared to engineered solutions and thus not attributed appropriate budget allocations.

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About the Author

Fabrice G. Renaud is head of section at the United Nations University Institute for Environment and Human Security.

Karen Sudmeier-Rieux is a researcher at the Center for Research of the Terrestrial Environment, University of Lausanne.

Marisol Estrella is the program coordinator of the Disaster Risk Reduction Unit, Post-Conflict and Disaster Management Branch, United Nations Environment Programme.

Edition details

• Publisher: United Nations
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9280812211
• ISBN 13: 9789280812213
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 520