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Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Approaches

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Book cover Community Practices for Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan

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Community based practices are proven to be effective and useful in disaster risk reduction. This is exemplified not only for Japan, but for many other countries across the globe. Apart from the individual and family, the neighbours in the community are considered as one of the first responders. The community-based disaster risk reduction (CBDRR) approach has been taken by NGOs as a common approach to build resilient communities in their DRR efforts. The approach has been initially implemented in the developing world by NGOs followed by international organizations like the International Federations of Red Cross and Red Crescent. The approach is now increasingly promoted among local governments in order to strengthen the links between the official disaster management system and community-based organizations. There are many case studies of DRR projects with community-based approaches by NGOs and local governments, and there are many variations as well. To ensure sustainability in the community based approaches, it is important to link these to local government programs and policies, especially to different sectors like health, sanitation, education, housing, livelihoods etc.

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This chapter is based on different earlier work over more than 10 years, which is highly acknowledged.

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Shaw, R. (2014). Disaster Risk Reduction and Community Approaches. In: Shaw, R. (eds) Community Practices for Disaster Risk Reduction in Japan. Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54246-9_1

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