Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduction, Hardcover by Shaw, Rajib (EDT), ISBN 0857248677, ISBN-13 9780857248671, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US

Legion are the stories of communities coming together to recover after a disaster, but only recently has much attention been paid to communities working together to prevent disaster. Here researchers and practitioners of disaster management assemble the first book-length treatment of the approach. After overviews, they look at experiences in Asia, Central America, and Africa. Among the topics are government roles, Bangladesh experiences, reaching the unreachable in Myanmar, elements for a sustainable community early warning system in Costa Rica's Cartago City, and the Malawi Social Action Fund and its effectiveness in reducing drought risk. There is no index. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()