Integrating into School Curriculum in Lesotho - PreventionWeb

Environmental adaptation
and sustainable
development
from the perspective of risk and
vulnerability, including our home,
school and neighbours, is
therefore, a necessary condition to
engage in disaster risk reduction.
Understanding self and others-the
ability, attitudes, skills towards
risk and vulnerability to define
what could happen in the future,
given a range of possible
alternatives to choose from.
Assessing risk, based on
vulnerability and hazard analysis
is a required step to take reduction
and preventive measures. This
needs of awareness of self and
others.
Level of risk awareness depends
largely on quantity and quality of
available information and on the
difference in people’s perception
of risk. We want to aware of our
perception of risk, hazard and
vulnerability. People are more
vulnerable when they are not
aware of the hazards pose a threat
to their lives and property.
Disaster risk reduction has
emerged as an essential requisite
for sustainable development. The
disasters pose a threat to both
sustainable development and
poverty reduction initiatives.
Societies will become resilient
when they integrate adaptive and
risk reduction process and
measures into sustainable
development strategies.
perception towards
risk, vulnerability and
hazards of self and
others.
Resources in the
community and
schools.
Hazards in the
community and schools
Children’s perspective
on risk and
vulnerability
Resilience and
characteristics of
resilience
Resilient schools and
communities.
Aware of risk and
hazards at home and
community
Gender and DRR
Environmental
adaptation into
development strategies
Development and
disaster
Climate change and
disaster risk reduction
Community resilience
and adaptive practices
And, environmentally unsound
practices, environmental changes,
population growth, urbanisation,
social injustice, poverty, conflict,
and short-term economic vision
are producing vulnerable
societies.
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