Local disaster risk management in a changing climate : perspective from Central America / edited by Tsuneki Hori, Rajib Shaw.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hori, Tsuneki.

Shaw, Rajib.

Series:

Community, environment and disaster risk management ; v. 17.

Community, environment and disaster risk management, 2040-7262 ; v. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Global warming--Central America.

Global warming.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (217 p.)

Place of Publication:

Bingley, England : Emerald, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Disasters cause economic as well as human losses. Indeed, economic losses associated directly with disasters have continued at increasing proportions worldwide since the 1970s, as the 2011 Global assessment report on disaster risk reduction conducted by the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR) illustrates. Disaster losses due to single geological events sometimes appear much greater in magnitude than those attributed to climate-related disasters. Nonetheless, the overall trend for increasing loss can largely be attributed to the increase in climate-related disasters, which in turn is triggered in part by global climate change. Furthermore, as such disasters increase in frequency, it intensifies vulnerability in the poorest regions of developing countries. In this book, the authors discuss effective approaches to enhancing the local disaster risk management (DRM) capacity of developing countries to combat increasing climate-related disaster impacts. Also provided are ideas and lessons on local disaster risk management, in terms of planning and practice in developing countries, with particular focus on a case study in Costa Rica.

Contents:

Introduction

Local disaster risk management in Central America

Incorporating climate hazards into national disaster risk management

Incorporating climate hazards into local development planning

Elements for sustainable community-based disaster risk management

Climate change perception and local risk awareness for sustainable community-based disaster risk management

Factors for enhancing local DRM capacity

Conclusion.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Print version record

ISBN:

9781783509362

1783509368