Towards a post-2015 framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction
BUILDING THE RESILIENCE OF NATIONS AND COMMUNITIES TO DISASTERS
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How do we:
- motivate Local Government leaders to invest in DRR and resilience
- encourage national actions to improve DRR implementation at local level
- enhance collaboration between citizen groups and local governments for effective risk reduction
Local government can benefit from citizen participation in DRR. It is always best to have citizens supporting decisions that are made for DRR and that can be done by participation in the particioation and finding viable solutions together. Informati…
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Janet Edwards
April 2013
How do we:
- motivate Local Government leaders to invest in DRR and resilience
- encourage national actions to improve DRR implementation at local level
- enhance collaboration between citizen groups and local governments for effective risk reduction
National level action can be clearly enhanced by establishing a national platform that can promote work to identify and fill the gaps in DRR. The platform needs to be mandated by the national government and should support local authorities in the w…
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Janet Edwards
April 2013
How do we:
- motivate Local Government leaders to invest in DRR and resilience
- encourage national actions to improve DRR implementation at local level
- enhance collaboration between citizen groups and local governments for effective risk reduction
To motivate government leaders to invest in DRR you need to convince them that building resilience to disasters makes for a more desirable city to live in. DRR must become an accepted and required part of urban planning. Politicians need to provide …
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Janet Edwards
April 2013
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