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9780855984205

Risk-Mapping and Local Capacities

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  • ISBN13:

    9780855984205

  • ISBN10:

    0855984201

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-09-01
  • Publisher: Oxfam Pubns

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Summary

This working paper records an exercise carried out by Oxfam GB to map out the range of natural hazards and other risks to which people in Mexico and Central America are exposed. It also relates these to complex social, economic, political, and cultural factors that make some social sectors more critically vulnerable than others in emergencies. Further, it identifies the wide range of local capacities (organizational, social, governmental, and non-governmental) that can contribute to developing effective approaches to disaster prevention and mitigation programs, as well as emergency rehabilitation and reconstruction programs.

Author Biography

Amado Ordonez is the Director of Centro Humboldt, an environment and development agency in Nicaragua.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 5(1)
Abbreviations and acronyms 6(1)
Preface 7(3)
Introduction
10(3)
Background
10(1)
Methodology
10(1)
Physical characteristics of the region
11(1)
Outline of contents
11(2)
Assessment of threats and risks
13(14)
Identification and analysis of threats
13(1)
A typology of natural threats
14(5)
Risk of threats caused by human agency
19(3)
Evaluation and levels of risks
22(5)
Assessment of vulnerability
27(24)
Technical focus on vulnerability
27(1)
Political focus on vulnerability
28(2)
Social focus on vulnerability
30(1)
A regional view of social vulnerability
30(1)
A country-by-country view of social vulnerability
30(21)
Assessment of local capacity
51(10)
The institutional framework
51(5)
Disasters and civil society
56(2)
Relevant actors and initiatives in the region
58(3)
Progress and needs in disaster management
61(5)
Prevention and mitigation
61(1)
Preparedness
62(2)
Information and training
64(2)
Lessons and challenges
66(3)
How to work in disasters?
66(1)
Emergencies versus development
67(1)
Resources and finance
68(1)
Conclusions
68(1)
References and background reading 69(1)
Index 70

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