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PrefaceROOTS 9REDUCING RISK OF DISASTER IN OUR COMMUNITIES6 T E A R F U N D R O O T S R E S O U R C E S
ROOTS 9REDUCING RISK OF DISASTER IN OUR COMMUNITIESIntroductionDisasters – the realityOver the last ten years, approximately 240 million people per year were affected by so-callednatural disasters. These disasters cause immeasurable damage to life, property and livelihoods,sometimes in the space of a few minutes, but more often over weeks or months. The slow butrelentless impact of climate change is affecting us now and will be felt as a disaster for manyyears to come. Those living in the poorest countries and communities undoubtedly suffer themost, and are least able to cope and recover from the losses. In most cases, women suffer morethan men and make greater sacrifices for the survival of their families.There is evidence that the number, severity and economic impact of some types of disaster– particularly floods and storms – is increasing. 1 Climate change is advancing more rapidly thanmost scientific projections ten years ago indicated, and extreme weather events will contributeincreasingly to climate-related disasters. Areas previously less affected by natural hazards mayfind that floods or droughts become part of daily life.Disasters often reverse development progress: many predict that the Millennium DevelopmentGoals for 2015 will not be met, because disasters are eroding the advances made in severalsectors. 2 It is also true that bad development, eg housing construction in known flood plainareas, can contribute to new disasters.Justification for risk reductionDisaster management in the past often consisted of a set of reactive measures to save lives andassist victims in their recovery. In the last two decades, politicians and aid practitioners haveaccepted that many disasters can in fact be avoided, or at least made less destructive, if therisks faced by vulnerable communities are reduced.‘We cannot stop natural hazards, but we can and must make people and their livelihoods lessvulnerable to them.’Bill Clinton, former US PresidentThe Hyogo Framework for Action (2005–2015), launched in January 2005, set out five areas ofaction required to reduce disaster risk (Section 2.5).1 EM-DAT (2009) Naturaldisaster trends2 UNDP (2004) Reducingdisaster risk: a challengeto developmentWhile some progress has been made, political will to implement the framework is oftenlacking. However, at community level there is increasing evidence that disaster impactcan be significantly reduced if the five pillars of the framework are taken seriously. 3 Thereis also economic evidence that relatively small amounts of money spent on risk reducingmeasures may save much larger sums later on, in terms of spending on humanitarian aid andreconstruction after a disaster. 43 UNISDR: BuildingDisaster ResilientCommunities 20074 Venton & Venton 2004© T E A R F U N D 2 0 1 07
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