Community-based DRR

This approach engages the local community, including the most vulnerable, in managing local disaster risk with community specific risk reduction measures while recognizing existing capacities and coping mechanisms.

Latest Community-based DRR additions in the Knowledge Base

evacuation drills
The municipality of Busovača, Bosnia & Herzegovina, conducted joint evacuation drills to raise awareness among the younger population on emergency situations.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Europe & Central Asia
A child sits on a boat on a polluted river in Negro River, Amazon
Removing waste from water bodies helps tackle various issues, including flood risks. Plan International worked with two Salvadoran communities to build and install a new waste collection method "Riobardas" in a river that contributes to the flood risks.
Flood Resilience Portal
A woman waters maize seedlings on a hillside farm in Tierra Blanca, Guatemala
The Americas Climate Challenge follows previous Challenges in Africa, the Near and Middle East and Asia, supporting 28 pilots to date.
International Committee of the Red Cross
A new report offers practical guidance to help Canadians living in forested and grassland regions to follow well-tested actions that can reduce the risk of their home burning by up to 75 per cent.
University of Waterloo
Anne Bach Nielsen Emmanuel Raju
How social media and crowdsourcing can help build disaster resilience.
The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in Community Recovery After Nondeclared Disasters
This publication analyzes the role of nonprofit organizations in disaster recovery efforts in the U.S. in scenarios lacking federal disaster declarations.
Cover
This study aims to describe about the mitigation and preparedness of the community in Muara Batu, North Aceh, Indonesia, in the face of the tsunami disaster.
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This book is a synopsis of the history of the relationships between people and nature presented in this volume will contribute to building relationships in face of the current serious challenges of climate change and socioeconomic transformation.

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