Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction

Shaw, Rajib

ISBN 10: 0857248677 / ISBN 13: 9780857248671

Published by Emerald Publishing Limited, 2012

About this Item

402p. White pages are unmarked. White and blue striped boards are glossy with lightly bumped corners and foxing on top edge of text-block. Tightly bound with square binding.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0857248677
• ISBN 13: 9780857248671
• Binding: 8vo Hardcover
• Edition: Volume 10.
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
  • ENVIRONMENTALISM
  • DISASTERS

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Synopsis

Communities are at the core of disaster risk reduction (DRR), and community based approaches are getting increasing focus in national DRR plans. In the case of past disasters, communities were always the first responders, and took leading roles in the post disaster recovery. The roles of communities in pre-disaster preparedness are also very important. This is the first comprehensive book available on CBDRR (community based disaster risk reduction) which outlines both research and practice, citing field examples and research results. It provides an overview of the subject and looks at the role of governments, NGOs, academics and corporate sectors in community based disaster risk reduction. It proceeds to examine experiences from Asian and African countries, and concludes by looking ahead to the future perspective of CBDRR.

About the Author

Rajib Shaw - Kyoto University, Japan