Community-based Disaster Risk Management

• Tác giả: Rajib Shaw
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 351.75 Public administration
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2013
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 326111
• Chủ đề: 1. ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS; 2. CASUALTIES; 3. COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES; 4. COMMUNITY LEVEL; 5. COMMUNITY MEMBERS

Tóm tắt

 Local communities play a key role in preparing for disastrous events such as the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE), and are normally the first responders to take action. On March 11, 2011, Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) were active in the disaster response and saved countless human lives. Recognizing the role of communities and providing them with central and local government support is critical to maintaining and strengthening important community based functions. Local communities have been responding to and managing disaster risk for centuries. Before the creation of Japan's formal state system, local communities carried out disaster-related activities as volunteers
  community-based organizations (CBOs) have existed for centuries.