Harmonized Perspectives - CDKN Global

DISASTER RISK REDUCTION 132+ +- Education Physical Development +Health Human Social Good LivingWork Development Political CommunityTrade Index Economical ManagementRecoverySOCIALResilienceVulnerabilityInteragencyProspectiveCoordinationXManagement At All Levels XRiskDisaster ManagementCorrectiveAcceptable RiskManagement Disaster Threat ECONOMICReconstructionRisk ManagementSubdevelopmentCivilInfrastructureProtectionEconomic Civil Defense Climate Change HousingGrowth- +- ANDSource: Authors.1. Risk 2. Conceptual andorganizational path3. Economic Growth 4. HumanDevelopment5. DRR1. Risk as a precondition of the disaster, consists of any threat, be it natural or anthropogenic, andpersonal, social, peoples and communities vulnerability. Depending on its emphasis, so it willbe the conceptual construction to be drawn up on disaster risk reduction DRR. There is no placeor condition without risk or zero risk or null risk. Risk is the chance, great or small, thatsomething may or may not happen and can become a disaster. The current concept of DRRplaced in the center of the approach Risk Reduction, and then sets an acceptable level of Risk,which is determined by each society and person. 2. Conceptual and organizational Path. As wehave explained, the previous concept disaster was placed in the center of the focus point, andfrom this perspective a series of activities and organization derived, such as disastermanagement, corrective, the risks and reconstruction, which maintained or deepenedunderdevelopment conditions and inequality of economic growth. The organization of civildefense was undertaken by the armed forces, and the subsequent civil protection, a civilmilitaryalliance with decentralized structure. The action focused towards threat, one of thecomponents of risk. 3. Economic growth focused on the construction of infrastructure, itentails urbanization and its associated potentializing threats effects. 4. The humandevelopment approach focuses on creating conditions for increasing and strengtheningeducation, health, work and participation of the population to better cope with social andpolitical situation. Here we talk about terms such as recovery of livelihoods and infrastructure.This improves the position of national human development index, in accordance with theMillennium Development Goals. This situation should reduce social vulnerability and increasingsocial resilience of nations. 5. DRR includes prevention by reducing physical, social, political,economic vulnerability, and so on, increasing social resilience and of the peoples, across theorganization and interagency coordination at all levels and the management methodologyprospective. It aims to achieve sustainable development, community management and therealization of the Good Life.132See these and other concepts in Annex 1: Glossary, CEPREDENAC, UNISDR, PREDECAN y CARE.30