Chapter 13 Roles of Civil Society in Climate and Disaster Resilience of Cities and Local Governments

Abstract

During the period of 2000–2009, a record 402 climate-related disasters occurred in the Southeast Asia region, and the number of geophysical disasters was 61 according to the International Disaster Database by Center for Research on the Epidemiology (CRED). The number of climate-related disasters is much higher than that of geophysical disasters, but due to small or medium scale of the events, attention and assistance to most of them have been limited. Although many people are affected by these disasters every year, in many cases, they do not have sufficient idea and knowledge on preparedness and disaster risk reduction (DRR).

Citation

Izumi, T. and Shaw, R. (2011), "Chapter 13 Roles of Civil Society in Climate and Disaster Resilience of Cities and Local Governments", Shaw, R. and Sharma, A. (Ed.) Climate and Disaster Resilience in Cities (Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management, Vol. 6), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 261-280. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2040-7262(2011)0000006019