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Building Disaster Resilience: Steps toward Sustainability
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Abstract Disaster losses continue to escalate globally and in many regions human losses (death, injury, permanent displacement) often exceed the economic toll. Current disaster policies are reactive with a short-term focus - respond and rebuild as quickly as possible and in the same way after the event. Such... view more
Disaster losses continue to escalate globally and in many regions human losses (death, injury, permanent displacement) often exceed the economic toll. Current disaster policies are reactive with a short-term focus - respond and rebuild as quickly as possible and in the same way after the event. Such policies ignore the longer-term approach of building disaster-resilient communities, in which investments made now show financial and social returns later by reducing the impact of disasters. This article provides a vision for resilient nations in 2030 based on three recent policy reports. It highlights the necessary steps towards achieving sustainability using the lens of disaster resilience as the pathway towards strengthening communities' ability to prepare and plan for, absorb, respond to, and recover from present and future disasters.... view less
Keywords
natural disaster; disaster control; risk management; monitoring; climate change; environmental protection; sustainable development
Classification
Ecology, Environment
Free Keywords
disaster resilience; Hyogo Framework for Action
Document language
English
Publication Year
2013
Page/Pages
p. 72-79
Journal
Challenges in Sustainability, 1 (2013) 2
ISSN
2297-6477
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution