Essays about: "Community-Based Preparedness Trainings"

Found 2 essays containing the words Community-Based Preparedness Trainings.

1. 1. Informing preparedness planning: Applications of community-based vulnerability and capacity data in the Philippines

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Stefanie Eleanor Di Domenico; [2018]
   Keywords : Disaster risk reduction; preparedness; preparedness planning; community-based disaster preparedness; vulnerability; capacity; Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments VCAs ; the Philippines; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Disasters are not natural, but rather a combination of a natural hazard and its impact on vulnerable people and resources. Therefore, when engaging in disaster risk reduction and coming to an understanding of disaster risk, existing conditions within society should be understood. READ MORE

3. 2. Community-Based Preparedness Trainings to Build and Strengthen Local Capacities for Disaster Preparedness. With lessons learned from Preparedness Trainings in landslide risk communities in Sri Lanka

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Julian Erjautz; [2017]
   Keywords : Community-Based Preparedness Trainings; Landslide trainings; Landslide Disaster Risk Reduction; Preparedness; Community based societal services; community development; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Disaster response is most effective, if a high level of preparedness is in place before natural hazards strike. As many low-income countries are under-financed when it comes to Disaster Risk Reduction, it is lower-cost interventions such as Community-Based Preparedness Trainings that they often rely on to provide strategies to reduce the vulnerability of communities. READ MORE