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As the community is the first respondent in any emergency situation, there is a need to build the capacity of communities. By enhancing their skills and traditional coping mechanism, the losses from disasters can be minimized. This paper aims to raise awareness on various hazards faced by people, and to encourage the community to assume a sense of responsibility to protect itself and to support public and institutional efforts geared towards disaster preparedness, management and mitigation. It aims at helping the community to take a lead in the disaster management process.
Resource collections
- ALNAP focus topics
- Locally led humanitarian action
- UN Habitat - Urban Response Collection
- Urban Response - Urban Crisis Preparedness and Risk Reduction
- Urban Response Collection - Community Engagement and Social Cohesion
- Urban Response Collection - Economic Recovery
- Urban Response Collection - Environment and Climate Change
- Urban Response Collection - Housing, Land and Property
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Crisis Response, Recovery and Reconstruction
- Urban Response Collection - Urban Resilience