Civil Society Organization and Disaster Risk Reduction : The Asian Dilemma. 1st ed. 2014

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edited by Rajib Shaw, Takako Izumi

出版情報:

Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2014

著者名:

• Shaw, Rajib.
• Izumi, Takako.
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シリーズ名:

Disaster Risk Reduction, Methods, Approaches and Practices ;

ISBN:

9784431548775 [4431548777]    

注記:

From the Contents: Overview and introduction of role of Civil Society Organization in Risk Reduction -- Policy and Advocacy: General Issues -- Policy and Advocacy: Experience from launch of national disaster risk reduction platform in Afghanistan and strategic national action plan -- Policy and Advocacy: Specific case of Indonesia -- Knowledge, Education and Training: General Issues.
Civil society organizations (CSOs) have played important roles over the years in the disaster field.  Starting from the traditional approach of response and relief, the emphasis has gradually shifted to disaster risk reduction.  From international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to national and local NGOs, all stakeholders have recognized the significance of and need for community-based risk reduction. In their different capacities they have endeavored to establish links to the policy options at the local and national levels.  There still are many issues that remain untouched by CSOs, however, and local CSOs face special challenges in resources in terms of human, financial, and technical issues.     Drawing examples from Asia, this book is structured on the roles of CSOs according to the Hyogo Framework for Action priority areas: policy making, risk assessment, education and training, underlying risk factors, and response–recovery.  The primary target groups for this book are students and researchers in

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