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Disaster reduction and recovery; Integrative risk management; Risk reduction and disaster management
Definition
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) refers to a wide range of opportunities for risk abatement and disaster management. Risk reduction includes prevention, preparedness, and part of the recovery process, and it gives particular emphasis to the reduction of vulnerability, which is defined as “the conditions determined by physical, social, economic and environmental factors or processes, which increase the susceptibility of a community to the impact of hazards” (UNISDR, 2005) Disaster management includes warning, alert, emergency response, and part of recovery. It includes a focus on methods of increasing resilience. DRR aims to limit risks – assuming that they cannot be completely avoided – and concentrates on minimizing the adverse impacts on disasters. This needs to be accomplished within the broad context of sustainable development.
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Ammann, W.J. (2013). Disaster Risk Reduction. In: Bobrowsky, P.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Natural Hazards. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4399-4_92
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