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Disaster Preparedness: Approaches and Frameworks

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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Anticipation; Readiness; Safeguard

Definition

Disaster preparedness: Disaster preparedness refers to the knowledge and capacity developed by government, response and recovery institutions, communities, and individuals to effectively anticipate response to and recover from the impact of likely imminent or current disasters (UN/ISDR 2006). Disaster preparedness (DP) covers all the measures taken to prepare for and reduce the effects of disasters. It involves how to predict, and where possible prevent disasters, mitigate their impact on vulnerable populations, and effectively response to and cope with their consequences at local, national, regional, and international levels (Lavell et al. 2012). DP is about preparing communities and response systems to face risks that have been identified in a certain area (Cavallo 2014).

Introduction

Preparedness is a primary concept in the disaster field (Gillespie and Streeter 1987) and an important component of disaster risk management...

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    Bernard Tarza Tyubee

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

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  5. Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey

    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

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    Bankole Awuzie

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Tyubee, B.T. (2020). Disaster Preparedness: Approaches and Frameworks. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) No Poverty. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69625-6_15-1

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