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DRR Community Voices

The DRR Community Voices share personal stories and perspectives from the disaster risk reduction trenches on reducing risk and building resilience.

  • Our posts from both practitioners and academics reach a global audience and can influence policy, practices and approaches.
  • We invite you to propose your own blog and submit it for review.
  • Most articles can be republished under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO Deed.
Earthquake refugees tent camp with a lonely child walking in Aquila Italy (August 2009)
Blog
Dr Dharam Raj Uprety

Only resilient recovery can provide long-term protection from climate shocks and stresses

For many communities around the world, climate-induced disasters are now an inevitable part of life. When recovering from such events, it is senseless to rebuild structures that are incapable of resisting the hazards that will inevitably follow.
Leaning buildings after the 2023 Türkiye earthquakes
Blog
Jonathan T.M. Reckford Dr. Kit Miyamoto

Tragic lessons from Morocco and Türkiye: Earthquake resilience needs a stronger foundation

Currently, governments around the world spend 90% of their disaster budgets on emergency relief, but only 4% on prevention and preparedness. That equation equals disaster.
RiskChanges - an open-source tool
Blog
Rabina Twayana

An open-source tool to assist in multi-hazard risk assessment

Effective risk assessment and management are essential for mitigating the impacts of hazards and building resilient communities. A new open-source tool, RiskChanges, can help inform decision making and guide resource allocation.
Missing voices approach - an older woman from a vulnerable and socially excluded community in Nepal speaking
Blog
Mirianna Budimir

Listening to missing voices for more inclusive disaster risk reduction

The voices of marginalized people are often those missing from mainstream data-gathering and decision-making processes. The Missing Voices Approach informs DRR policies and practices by proactively listening to the experiences of marginalized individuals.
Turin heat island effect
Blog
Daniele Berruti

Can Turin beat the heat? The socioeconomic factors at play in the urban heat island effect in an Italian city

To better understand the implementation of a micro-scale urban heat island risk assessment, researchers conducted a study using Turin as a subject – the first time that such an in-depth methodology is applied in any Italian city.
Creative design with human hands holding a speech bubble
Interview

How social listening and public trust can reduce heatwave and wildfire risks

PreventionWeb spoke to Miguel Telo de Arriaga, Head of the Division of Literacy, Health and Well-being at Portugal’s Directorate-General of Health to learn more about the country’s approach to risk communication, and how this is applied to reduce risks.
Unidentified street vendor works with reused tin containers at Port Blair, India (2012)
Blog
Kevin Blanchard

Inclusive integration of artificial intelligence in DRR

The experiences and concerns of diverse marginalised groups remind us that technological advancements should align with a commitment to equity and representation.
Weekmarket in the city of Marrakech. Morocco produces a large range of Mediterranean fruits and vegetables and even some tropical ones.
Blog
Aaron Clark-Ginsberg Loveline Phillips

How do we improve urban early warning and early action for food security?

Improving availability and access to early warning information is one of the seven global targets of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, and is also a key focus of many agencies, including the World Meteorological Organization and USAID.

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