Title:	Civil Society Organization and Disaster Risk Reduction
Authors:	Rajib Shaw Takako Izumi
Keywords:	Disaster Risk Reduction
Issue Date:	2014
Publisher:	Springer
Description:	The roles of civil society organizations (CSOs) in disaster risk reduction (DRR) have been discussed in the past several years at the global and national levels. Although most CSOs find the right opportunity to enter into the community through disaster relief and response, few nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) remain on a long-term recovery basis. Even fewer in number are those that work specifically on pre-disaster preparedness issues. Asia, with its diversity, has exemplified the varying roles of CSOs in different countries. While south Asia has a long history of CSOs, in ASEAN countries (southeast Asia), the CSO is a relatively new stakeholder in risk reduction except in the Philippines. Various major disasters in the Asian region have provided entry points of CSOs in the risk reduction field. In this context, the present volume analyzes the role of CSOs using the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA), an action plan agreed by the United Nations member states in the Second World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR), held in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, in 2005. HFA provides a holistic approach to risk reduction, and using this framework helps in understanding the roles of CSOs in sundry aspects of risk reduction. This book has 15 chapters, the first being an overview and the last, an analysis. The remaining 13 chapters are divided according to the HFA priority areas: HFA1, Institutionalization (3 chapters); HFA2, Risk assessment (2 chapters); HFA3, Education and knowledge (2 chapters); HFA4, Underlying risk factors (4 chapters); and HFA5, Response and recovery (2 chapters). The book is written for students, young researchers, and practitioners in the fields of disaster risk reduction and environmental studies. We hope that they will find the book useful and relevant to their work.
URI:	http://10.6.20.12:80/handle/123456789/52630
ISBN:	978-4-431-54877-5
Appears in Collections:	Population Studies

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