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Disaster Management : International Lessons in Risk Reduction, Response and Recovery.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2013Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (353 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781136179778
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 363.34068
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Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations and acronyms -- 1. Introduction: who, what and why -- Who needs this book? -- What is a 'practitioner'? -- Other audiences for this book -- Why is this book necessary? -- Confronting the new normal without comforting rhetoric -- The buzzword is not mightier than the sword -- What will you find in this book? -- Part I Prevention and disaster risk reduction (DRR) -- Part II Response and recovery -- Part III Regional perspectives -- Part IV Tools -- References -- Part I: Prevention and risk reduction -- 2. Hazard, vulnerability, capacity, risk and participation -- A framework for practitioners -- Many causes but one clear truth: disasters are not 'natural' -- Hazards -- Vulnerability -- Capacity -- Policy implications of our framework -- Decentralising, building partnerships and co-producing knowledge -- Building assets and livelihoods -- Conclusion -- References -- 3. Gender aspects of disaster management -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction: why focus on gender in disaster management? -- Gender: from nature to culture -- What is gender? -- Sex and gender: the danger of false assumptions -- Beyond women: other vulnerable groups -- Masculinities -- Sexual orientation -- Gender, class and age -- Recognition and human rights: why women and girls? -- Gender and discrimination -- Material inequalities -- Roles and conventions -- Vulnerabilities and capacities -- New developments and strategies -- Women-led initiatives: recent achievements -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4. Community-based disaster risk reduction and disaster management -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction: the community focus.
Community-based disaster risk reduction and community based-disaster management -- Concepts, goals and elements -- CBDRR and CBDM Strategies -- The CBDRR and CBDM process -- Mainstreaming CBDRR in development planning -- Disaster risk-sensitive community planning -- Mobilization, networking and advocacy -- Evaluation, phasing out and follow-up -- Issues and challenges in CBDRR and CBDM -- Conclusion -- References -- 5. People-centred early warning -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Early warning: basic notions -- Risk knowledge and awareness -- Monitoring and forecasting events -- Dissemination and communications of warnings -- Response to warnings -- Involving the community: community-operated early warning systems -- Policy issues and conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 6. Disaster education in schools -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Participatory school education -- Participatory learning -- Town watching -- Relevance of town/mountain watching in Saijo City -- Experiencing learning -- Impact evaluation of town watching -- School education beyond school boundaries -- Teachers as a key agent of change -- Protecting schools -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Note -- References -- 7. Many Strong Voices for climate change education: examples from Belize and Timor-Leste -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Belize: fishermen and education -- Timor-Leste: national strategies and education -- Conclusion -- References -- 8. Managing infrastructure, environment and disaster risk -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Risk reduction options for the protection of infrastructure systems -- Buildings -- Lifeline systems -- Industrial facilities, water and wastewater treatment plants -- Infrastructure interdependencies and disaster planning -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References.
Part II: Response and recovery -- 9. Emergency and disaster planning -- Lessons for practitioners -- What is emergency planning and what is an emergency plan? -- The importance of scenario-based planning -- The connection with urban and regional planning -- Integration of plans -- Conclusion: emergency planning for the twenty-first century -- References -- 10. Common myths and misconceptions in disaster management -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Disasters, epidemics and disease -- Consequences of the epidemics myth -- Dead bodies and epidemics -- Epidemics after disaster -- Disease after disaster -- Conclusions on epidemics -- Looting and social disorder -- Looting vs. appropriation -- Looting vs. salvaging -- Looting vs. rumours of looting -- Actual looting -- Conclusions on looting -- Conclusion and recommendations -- References -- 11. Health aspects of disaster management -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Health in context: globalisation, rapid change and conflict -- The response by the global health system -- Health management in disasters 'à la carte': the essential menu -- Health system preparedness -- Minimum health standards: the Sphere Project -- Public health and environmental health in disasters -- The role of water and sanitation in emergencies and disasters -- Epidemiological assessments and surveillance in emergencies and disasters -- Reproductive health care in emergencies and disasters -- Global public health risks in the twenty-first century -- A sea change in the approach to health security -- Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 12. Disaster insurance for the poor -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Economic losses in South Asia -- Risk transfer and sharing in Asia-Pacific -- Micro-finance: forerunner of micro-insurance.
Case study of the Afat Vimo scheme -- The development of Afat Vimo -- Afat Vimo: a product for the poor -- The operating system -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 13. Post-disaster recovery planning: introductory notes on its challenges and potentials -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Response and recovery frameworks -- Recovery and reconstruction: housing and the built environment -- Recovery risks and misconceptions -- A way forward: towards an equitable and just recovery -- Conceptual premises -- Systematic framework -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Regional perspectives -- 14. Experiences from Sub-Saharan Africa -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction: Africa's hazard and vulnerability profile -- History of planning in Africa -- Disaster and development planning -- Disaster relief without development -- National legislation and beyond -- Integrating disaster risk reduction and development -- Two benefits of an integrated approach -- The challenge of implementation -- Community-based disaster risk reduction -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 15. Disaster risk management in Latin America and the Caribbean: four decades of evolution and change, 1970-2010 -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Beginnings: disaster response and the role of civil defense from the 1940s -- The earthquakes in Peru, Nicaragua and Guatemala: preparedness and early warning, 1976 to mid-1990s -- The developmental approach: Hurricane Mitch, Vargas and El Niño, 1997 to 1999 -- Fruits of a developmental approach to disaster risk reduction -- The disaster prevention and response system concept -- Public investment and local level land-use plans -- Risk management units in sectoral agencies -- The Caribbean: disaster risk management over three decades -- Beginnings of disaster risk management in the Caribbean.
Evolution of regional disaster management in the Caribbean -- Community-based disaster risk reduction in LAC -- Climate change adaptation and disaster risk management: a new challenge -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 16. Disaster risk management in the Asia-Pacific: emerging trends and directions -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Disaster mortality and morbidity -- Hazard profile of the Asia-Pacific region -- Poverty, vulnerability and coping mechanisms -- Poverty and vulnerability -- Local coping mechanisms -- Urbanization, climate change and increasing hazards -- Urbanization and climate change -- Fragile housing -- Institutional aspects of disaster risk reduction -- Cross-boundary impact of disasters and the need for regional cooperation -- Institutional and legislative system development -- Participation of NGOs -- The role of NGOs -- Support for community-based disaster risk reduction programmes -- The experience of recovery and reconstruction programmes -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Part IV: Tools -- 17. Integrating people's capacities in disaster risk reduction through participatory mapping -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Maps, participatory maps and DRR -- The coastal communities of Masantol, the Philippines -- Conducting P3DM in Masantol -- Assessing people's capacities and the risk of disaster -- Integrating people's capacities in DRR -- Putting DRR to the test of disasters -- P3DM as an integrative tool for DRR -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 18. A knowledge integration tool for disaster risk reduction including climate change -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- A community-based knowledge integration tool for disasterrisk reduction -- Highlighting climate change -- Revision to Step 2 -- Revision to Step 3 -- Revision to Step 4 -- Lessons and recommendations.
Conclusion.
Summary: There is a perennial gap between theory and practice, between academia and active professionals in the field. In disaster management this gap means that valuable lessons are not learned and people die or suffer as a result. This book opens a dialogue between theory and practice.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of boxes -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations and acronyms -- 1. Introduction: who, what and why -- Who needs this book? -- What is a 'practitioner'? -- Other audiences for this book -- Why is this book necessary? -- Confronting the new normal without comforting rhetoric -- The buzzword is not mightier than the sword -- What will you find in this book? -- Part I Prevention and disaster risk reduction (DRR) -- Part II Response and recovery -- Part III Regional perspectives -- Part IV Tools -- References -- Part I: Prevention and risk reduction -- 2. Hazard, vulnerability, capacity, risk and participation -- A framework for practitioners -- Many causes but one clear truth: disasters are not 'natural' -- Hazards -- Vulnerability -- Capacity -- Policy implications of our framework -- Decentralising, building partnerships and co-producing knowledge -- Building assets and livelihoods -- Conclusion -- References -- 3. Gender aspects of disaster management -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction: why focus on gender in disaster management? -- Gender: from nature to culture -- What is gender? -- Sex and gender: the danger of false assumptions -- Beyond women: other vulnerable groups -- Masculinities -- Sexual orientation -- Gender, class and age -- Recognition and human rights: why women and girls? -- Gender and discrimination -- Material inequalities -- Roles and conventions -- Vulnerabilities and capacities -- New developments and strategies -- Women-led initiatives: recent achievements -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4. Community-based disaster risk reduction and disaster management -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction: the community focus.

Community-based disaster risk reduction and community based-disaster management -- Concepts, goals and elements -- CBDRR and CBDM Strategies -- The CBDRR and CBDM process -- Mainstreaming CBDRR in development planning -- Disaster risk-sensitive community planning -- Mobilization, networking and advocacy -- Evaluation, phasing out and follow-up -- Issues and challenges in CBDRR and CBDM -- Conclusion -- References -- 5. People-centred early warning -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Early warning: basic notions -- Risk knowledge and awareness -- Monitoring and forecasting events -- Dissemination and communications of warnings -- Response to warnings -- Involving the community: community-operated early warning systems -- Policy issues and conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 6. Disaster education in schools -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Participatory school education -- Participatory learning -- Town watching -- Relevance of town/mountain watching in Saijo City -- Experiencing learning -- Impact evaluation of town watching -- School education beyond school boundaries -- Teachers as a key agent of change -- Protecting schools -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Note -- References -- 7. Many Strong Voices for climate change education: examples from Belize and Timor-Leste -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Belize: fishermen and education -- Timor-Leste: national strategies and education -- Conclusion -- References -- 8. Managing infrastructure, environment and disaster risk -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Risk reduction options for the protection of infrastructure systems -- Buildings -- Lifeline systems -- Industrial facilities, water and wastewater treatment plants -- Infrastructure interdependencies and disaster planning -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References.

Part II: Response and recovery -- 9. Emergency and disaster planning -- Lessons for practitioners -- What is emergency planning and what is an emergency plan? -- The importance of scenario-based planning -- The connection with urban and regional planning -- Integration of plans -- Conclusion: emergency planning for the twenty-first century -- References -- 10. Common myths and misconceptions in disaster management -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Disasters, epidemics and disease -- Consequences of the epidemics myth -- Dead bodies and epidemics -- Epidemics after disaster -- Disease after disaster -- Conclusions on epidemics -- Looting and social disorder -- Looting vs. appropriation -- Looting vs. salvaging -- Looting vs. rumours of looting -- Actual looting -- Conclusions on looting -- Conclusion and recommendations -- References -- 11. Health aspects of disaster management -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Health in context: globalisation, rapid change and conflict -- The response by the global health system -- Health management in disasters 'à la carte': the essential menu -- Health system preparedness -- Minimum health standards: the Sphere Project -- Public health and environmental health in disasters -- The role of water and sanitation in emergencies and disasters -- Epidemiological assessments and surveillance in emergencies and disasters -- Reproductive health care in emergencies and disasters -- Global public health risks in the twenty-first century -- A sea change in the approach to health security -- Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 12. Disaster insurance for the poor -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Economic losses in South Asia -- Risk transfer and sharing in Asia-Pacific -- Micro-finance: forerunner of micro-insurance.

Case study of the Afat Vimo scheme -- The development of Afat Vimo -- Afat Vimo: a product for the poor -- The operating system -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 13. Post-disaster recovery planning: introductory notes on its challenges and potentials -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Response and recovery frameworks -- Recovery and reconstruction: housing and the built environment -- Recovery risks and misconceptions -- A way forward: towards an equitable and just recovery -- Conceptual premises -- Systematic framework -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Regional perspectives -- 14. Experiences from Sub-Saharan Africa -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction: Africa's hazard and vulnerability profile -- History of planning in Africa -- Disaster and development planning -- Disaster relief without development -- National legislation and beyond -- Integrating disaster risk reduction and development -- Two benefits of an integrated approach -- The challenge of implementation -- Community-based disaster risk reduction -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 15. Disaster risk management in Latin America and the Caribbean: four decades of evolution and change, 1970-2010 -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Beginnings: disaster response and the role of civil defense from the 1940s -- The earthquakes in Peru, Nicaragua and Guatemala: preparedness and early warning, 1976 to mid-1990s -- The developmental approach: Hurricane Mitch, Vargas and El Niño, 1997 to 1999 -- Fruits of a developmental approach to disaster risk reduction -- The disaster prevention and response system concept -- Public investment and local level land-use plans -- Risk management units in sectoral agencies -- The Caribbean: disaster risk management over three decades -- Beginnings of disaster risk management in the Caribbean.

Evolution of regional disaster management in the Caribbean -- Community-based disaster risk reduction in LAC -- Climate change adaptation and disaster risk management: a new challenge -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 16. Disaster risk management in the Asia-Pacific: emerging trends and directions -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Disaster mortality and morbidity -- Hazard profile of the Asia-Pacific region -- Poverty, vulnerability and coping mechanisms -- Poverty and vulnerability -- Local coping mechanisms -- Urbanization, climate change and increasing hazards -- Urbanization and climate change -- Fragile housing -- Institutional aspects of disaster risk reduction -- Cross-boundary impact of disasters and the need for regional cooperation -- Institutional and legislative system development -- Participation of NGOs -- The role of NGOs -- Support for community-based disaster risk reduction programmes -- The experience of recovery and reconstruction programmes -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Part IV: Tools -- 17. Integrating people's capacities in disaster risk reduction through participatory mapping -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- Maps, participatory maps and DRR -- The coastal communities of Masantol, the Philippines -- Conducting P3DM in Masantol -- Assessing people's capacities and the risk of disaster -- Integrating people's capacities in DRR -- Putting DRR to the test of disasters -- P3DM as an integrative tool for DRR -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 18. A knowledge integration tool for disaster risk reduction including climate change -- Lessons for practitioners -- Introduction -- A community-based knowledge integration tool for disasterrisk reduction -- Highlighting climate change -- Revision to Step 2 -- Revision to Step 3 -- Revision to Step 4 -- Lessons and recommendations.

Conclusion.

There is a perennial gap between theory and practice, between academia and active professionals in the field. In disaster management this gap means that valuable lessons are not learned and people die or suffer as a result. This book opens a dialogue between theory and practice.

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