Disaster Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean Region : GFDRR Country Notes
Latin America and the Caribbean Region (LCR) is exposed to a wide variety of natural hazards including earthquakes, volcanoes, storms, extreme temperatures, droughts, floods, landslides, etc., many of which are regularly aggravated by the recurrent...
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okr-10986-273362021-04-23T14:04:40Z Disaster Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean Region : GFDRR Country Notes World Bank NATURAL HAZARDS EARTHQUAKES VOLCANO LANDSLIDE EL NINO/LA NINA SOUTHERN OSCILLATION DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT POPULATION GROWTH URBANIZATION DISASTER RISK REDUCTION Latin America and the Caribbean Region (LCR) is exposed to a wide variety of natural hazards including earthquakes, volcanoes, storms, extreme temperatures, droughts, floods, landslides, etc., many of which are regularly aggravated by the recurrent El Nino and ENSO phenomenon. The global trend toward increasing climate variability is likely to exacerbate many of these hazards. The World Bank Natural Disaster Hotspots study (Dilley et al. 2005) indicates that seven among the world's top 15 countries exposed to three or more hazards are located in LCR.Similarly, 15 among the world's top 60 countries exposed to two or more hazards are LCR countries. The Latin American and Caribbean governments have long recognized the need to address disaster risk, and their efforts 'to develop the tools to effectively mainstream disaster risk management into development activities' (ibid., p. 1) have evolved over the last few decades. Since the mid-20th century, most of the countries in the region were working to address disasters through their respective civil protection agencies. Just like elsewhere in the world, efforts focused on ex-post response and recovery needs. While these efforts are undeniably important, they are increasingly proving to be insufficient. Over the last decade, governments, intergovernmental, non-governmental, and development organizations have gradually shifted the focus of their efforts towards ex-ante approaches to disaster risk management, with a special focus on disaster risk reduction via reducing vulnerability, capacity building, better information, and institutional strengthening. 2017-06-27T16:17:38Z 2017-06-27T16:17:38Z 2012 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/826811468010903390/Disaster-risk-management-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean-Region-GFDRR-country-notes http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27336 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean |
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NATURAL HAZARDS EARTHQUAKES VOLCANO LANDSLIDE EL NINO/LA NINA SOUTHERN OSCILLATION DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT POPULATION GROWTH URBANIZATION DISASTER RISK REDUCTION |
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NATURAL HAZARDS EARTHQUAKES VOLCANO LANDSLIDE EL NINO/LA NINA SOUTHERN OSCILLATION DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT POPULATION GROWTH URBANIZATION DISASTER RISK REDUCTION World Bank Disaster Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean Region : GFDRR Country Notes |
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Latin America and the Caribbean Region
(LCR) is exposed to a wide variety of natural hazards
including earthquakes, volcanoes, storms, extreme
temperatures, droughts, floods, landslides, etc., many of
which are regularly aggravated by the recurrent El Nino and
ENSO phenomenon. The global trend toward increasing climate
variability is likely to exacerbate many of these hazards.
The World Bank Natural Disaster Hotspots study (Dilley et
al. 2005) indicates that seven among the world's top 15
countries exposed to three or more hazards are located in
LCR.Similarly, 15 among the world's top 60
countries exposed to two or more hazards are LCR countries.
The Latin American and Caribbean governments have long
recognized the need to address disaster risk, and their
efforts 'to develop the tools to effectively mainstream
disaster risk management into development activities'
(ibid., p. 1) have evolved over the last few decades. Since
the mid-20th century, most of the countries in the region
were working to address disasters through their respective
civil protection agencies. Just like elsewhere in the world,
efforts focused on ex-post response and recovery needs.
While these efforts are undeniably important, they are
increasingly proving to be insufficient. Over the last
decade, governments, intergovernmental, non-governmental,
and development organizations have gradually shifted the
focus of their efforts towards ex-ante approaches to
disaster risk management, with a special focus on disaster
risk reduction via reducing vulnerability, capacity
building, better information, and institutional strengthening. |
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Disaster Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean Region : GFDRR Country Notes |
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Disaster Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean Region : GFDRR Country Notes |
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Disaster Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean Region : GFDRR Country Notes |
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Disaster Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean Region : GFDRR Country Notes |
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Disaster Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean Region : GFDRR Country Notes |
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disaster risk management in latin america and the caribbean region : gfdrr country notes |
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