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Disaster Risk Management For Coastal Tourism Destinations Responding To Climate Change A Practical Guide For Decision Makers physical resources, time), procedural issues (the way the dispute is handled) or physiological issues (perceptions of trust, fairness, desire to participate, respect). These substantive issues must be addressed before the planning process can move forward again. Source: Adapted from ADPC, 2004 When implementing the preparedness plan, the industry Coordinating Group and the local disaster management agency would do well to anticipate potential sources processes requires an appreciation of human fallibility, sensitivity to varying needs and interests, a commitment to good governance, transparency of operations and above all, good, common sense approaches to achieving the mission. 84 | Implementing The Preparedness Plan
7 Achieving Community Resilience 7 The preceding Chapters presented the arguments for disaster management and risk reduction at coastal tourism destinations. The fundamental principle of the Handbook is to empower communities to share in the responsibility of analyzing and mitigating disaster risks to their livelihoods and communities. The Handbook also lists the steps required for writing, implementing and drilling the disaster preparedness plan as a collaborative and participatory process, particularly important for the tourism industry and its cross-sectoral linkages. Chapter 7 presents the argument for mainstreaming risk reduction practices and creating a culture of preparedness across destinations, in the face of elevated climate risks that could potentially amplify the scale of hazards and disaster damages. 7.1 The Imperative for Disaster Risk Reduction The past two decades and particularly the last, was a watershed period in global disaster events with high mortality and economic losses from earthquakes, tropical cyclones, which routinely collates statistics on global disasters has indicated an increase in the reporting of disasters by countries which partly explains the dramatic increases. However, the high incidence of disasters with associated high mortality and economic losses during these years also stem from factors related to the prevailing socioeconomic, environmental and urbanization conditions at the affected destinations being exacerbated by these natural events. As discussed in Chapter 4, disaster risk is estimated by considering the concentration of vulnerable populations and the range of economic activities in areas exposed to hazards “Inappropriate land use practices and increasing urbanization, together with inadequate planning and poor enforcement of regulations, have served to exacerbate the impact of natural hazards on the [Caribbean] region. These circumstances have the effects of such events.” CDERA, 2007 Figure 7.1: Number of Global Disasters by Category, 1900-2005 (Source: www. unisdr.org and EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database. UCL - Brussels, Belgium) 85
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