Disaster Risk Reduction

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Disaster Risk Reduction

• Zenaida Delica Willison
• DRR Advisor
• UNDP Special Unit for South-South Cooperation

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Disaster Risk Reduction is the systematic
development and application of policies,
strategies and practices to minimize
vulnerabilities throughout a society, to avoid
and to to limit the adverse impact of hazards,
within the broad context of sustainable
development.
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• Cases/Examples of Selected Disaster Risk
  Reduction on three levels
• community
• provincial
• national
• B. Issues/Topics for Discussion

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• Examples
• A combination of stuctural non
• structural measures that are well
  integrated

Vietnam Ha Tinh, Hue and Ben Tre Community
Based Disaster Risk Reduction Increase the
resilience of villages communes in planning and
implementing risk reduction measures using
participatory methodologies.
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• Project Components
• Development of Safer village and commune plans
• --participatory risk assessment
• --identification of risk reduction measures, both
  structural non structural
• --prioritization of these measures
• integration of the village plans to commune,
  district and province
• Male and Female Commune Facilitators in each
  commune

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Project Components 2. Community Driven
Structural and Non-structural Disaster Risk
Reduction Measures Examples Schools that
serves as evacuation center training center and
meeting halls Building of access road village
maintenance -- participatory implementation,
monitoring and evaluation
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• Project Components
• Strengthening Partnership between and amongst
  communities and government
• Provision of office equipments and training,
  tools and resources

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2. Resolving some of the tensions in building
safety into reconstruction Speed of
reconstruction vs safety Coverage vs quality
Aceh and Nias, Sumatra Island
Handbook on Good Building Design and Construction
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• Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into School
  Safety
• Cambodia, Laos and the Philippines

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• Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into School
  Safety

• 1. Integrating DRR modules into the school
  curricula
• Constructing all new schools to highest standards
• of hazard resilience
• Adding features such as facilities for water,
• sanitation and cooking in schools in
• hazard prone areas for use as emergency
  shelters

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4. Governments are Shifting Paradigm
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT
Proactive
Reactive
Disaster Risk Management
Disaster Response
Emergency Specialists Hazard Scientists
Risks Specialists Economic Managers Development
Planners
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Suggested Topics for discussion by Groups
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1. Rebuilding Communities that were
destroyed
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2. Securing Land Tenure that was threatened
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3. Restoring Livelihoods that were wiped out

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4. Reviving Cultures that were disappearing
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Remember DRR is also about integration and
harmonization
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Thank you