Disaster Risk Management For Coastal Tourism Destinations - DTIE
Disaster Risk Management For Coastal Tourism Destinations - DTIE
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<strong>Disaster</strong> <strong>Risk</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>For</strong> <strong>Coastal</strong> <strong>Tourism</strong> <strong>Destinations</strong> Responding To Climate Change<br />
A Practical Guide <strong>For</strong> Decision Makers<br />
Synthesizing information from existing national or regional climate change<br />
assessments may prove valuable at this stage, in order to understand projected<br />
climate changes and the implications for natural and human systems that are key to<br />
tourism.<br />
Analyzing the impacts of natural hazards and identifying the most vulnerable<br />
destination and community locations and assets are essential for establishing the<br />
local context.<br />
This will allow the Coordinating Group to better focus their activities when<br />
overseeing the development of the disaster preparedness plan.<br />
4<br />
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the risk assessment method in Appendix A.1):<br />
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2) Determining the destination’s level of exposure<br />
3) Assessing vulnerability<br />
4) Evaluating risk reduction options.<br />
TIP: <strong>Coastal</strong> hazards often present multiple risks. <strong>For</strong> example, cyclonic<br />
events such as hurricanes or typhoons may simultaneously create wind<br />
<br />
erosion losses. Logically the presence of multiple risks complicates the<br />
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during the same event, in other situations they may exacerbate or even<br />
nullify each other. There is no single “best” approach to assessing multiple<br />
risks but in general, it’s important to understand potential losses from each<br />
hazard, then try to determine the interaction among them.<br />
4.3.1<br />
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The Coordinating Group or its designated risk assessment committee should identify<br />
all categories of natural events that might affect the coastal community (see Table<br />
3.1) and then prioritize the list according to the most serious hazards impacting<br />
the community. It is important to take a systematic approach because a hazard<br />
<br />
<br />
impacts upon the coastal community.<br />
Cautionary Note:<br />
The Coordinating Group should resist the temptation to focus solely on the<br />
prevalent natural hazards typically experienced in coastal areas – most likely<br />
from tropical cyclones. The Group is encouraged to take an “all hazards”<br />
approach by also evaluating the human-induced incidents that may also be<br />
key sources of risk.<br />
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