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A Likert Scale-Based Model for Benchmarking Operational Capacity, Organizational Resilience, and Disaster Risk Reduction

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2020
Likert scales are a common methodological tool for data collection used in quantitative or mixed-method approaches in multiple domains. They are often employed in surveys or questionnaires, for benchmarking answers in the fields of disaster risk ...
Gianluca Pescaroli, Omar Velazquez, Irasema Alcántara-Ayala, Carmine Galasso, Patty Kostkova, David Alexander   +5 more
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The missing half of the Sendai framework: Gender and women in the implementation of global disaster risk reduction policy

Progress in Disaster Science, 2021
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR) is the guiding international policy structure for disaster risk reduction activities, shaping DRR strategies and practices across the world.
R. Zaidi, M. Fordham
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The role of public participation in disaster risk reduction initiatives: The case of Katlehong township

Jamba, 2022
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) has become a policy priority worldwide and in line with this trend, the South African Disaster Management Act and National Disaster Management Framework prioritise DRR in efforts to build resilient communities with local ...
Ziyanda Nkombi, G. Wentink
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Social protection in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation: A bibliometric and thematic review

Journal Of Integrative Environmental Sciences, 2022
Social protection has emerged as a strategy to minimize climate change impacts by building the resilience of vulnerable communities. It is increasingly being used in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.
I. Rana, Sifullah Khaled, A. Jamshed, Adnan Nawaz   +3 more
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Informal Disaster Governance

Politics and Governance, 2020
Scholars and practitioners are increasingly questioning formal disaster governance (FDG) approaches as being too rigid, slow, and command-and-control driven. Too often, local realities and non-formal influences are sidelined or ignored to the extent that
Patrizia Isabelle Duda, Ilan Kelman, Navonel Glick   +2 more
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Implementation of the Disaster Risk Reduction Program in Japan as an Effort for Disaster Risk Reduction in Indonesia

International Journal Of Humanities Education and Social Sciences (IJHESS), 2023
The natural disasters that occurred in Japan have caused losses both financially and in terms of casualties. Based on data from the Japanese government, the total losses experienced by the country from 1980 to 2010 amounted to US$ 208,230,800. Meanwhile, the number of recorded fatalities was 8,568 people, with an average of 276 fatalities per year due ...
null Muhammad Afif Al Fayed, null Syamsul Maarif, Syamsunasir Syamsunasir, null Pujo Widodo, Kusuma Kusuma, null Muhammad Ihsan   +5 more
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United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR)—UNISDR’s Contribution to Science and Technology for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Role of the International Consortium on Landslides (ICL)Open image in new window

, 2017
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 was agreed at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai, Japan in March 2015 and endorsed by the UN General Assembly in June 2015.
C. Wannous, German Velásquez
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Why Does Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction Fail to Learn from Local Knowledge? Experiences from Malawi

Social Science Research Network, 2022
It is often taken as given that community-based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) serves 5 as a mechanism for the inclusion of local knowledge (LK) in disaster risk reduction 6 (DRR).
Robert Šakić Trogrlić, Melanie J. Duncan, G. Wright, M. V. D. van den Homberg, A. Adeloye, F. Mwale   +5 more
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Social vulnerability and disaster risk reduction needs: perspectives of women [PDF]

Integration of disaster risk reduction needs and experiences of different groups in the community with the built environment is significant to achieve disaster resilience.
Ginige, K. N., Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Haigh, Richard   +2 more
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Post-tsunami road reconstruction in Sri Lanka: Efficacy of mainstreaming disaster risk reduction [PDF]

, 2013
Following the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami all roads in the affected areas in Sri Lanka were inaccessible during the immediate aftermath of the disaster either due to the damages they sustained or poor networking of roads and lack of contingency planning ...
Palliyaguru, Roshani, Amaratunga, Dilanthi, Haigh, Richard   +2 more
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