Description

Disaster risk management involves applying strategies to prevent new risks, reduce existing risks, and manage residual risks, thus enhancing resilience and reducing disaster losses. Community-based disaster risk management engages local communities in assessing hazards, vulnerabilities, and capacities, and involves them in planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating local disaster risk reduction actions. Hazards are defined as processes, phenomena, or human activities that can cause harm, including loss of life, injury, property damage, and social, economic, and environmental disruption. Hazards vary in origin, intensity, frequency, and probability. Disaster management aims to mitigate uncertainties and reduce the frequency and impact of disasters. This concise yet comprehensive book aims to raise awareness and enrich general readers with its content.