CiNii Books - Risk mapping and local capacities : lessons from Mexico and Central America

This working paper maps the range of natural hazards and other risks to which people in Mexico and Central America are exposed and relates these to the complex social, economic, political and cultural factors that make some social sectors more critically vulnerable than others in emergencies. It also identifies the wide range of local capacities - organisational, social, governmental, and non-governmental - that can contribute to developing effective disaster-prevention and mitigation programmes, as well as emergency rehabilitation and reconstruction programmes.

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Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and acronyms
Preface
1. Introduction
Background
Methodology
Physical characteristics of the region
Outline of the contents
2. Assessment of treats and risks
Identification and analysis of threats
A typology of natural threats
Risk of threats caused by human agency
Evaluation and levels of risks
3. Assessment of vulnerability
Technical focus on vulnerability
Political focus on vulnerability
Social focus on vulnerability
A regional view of social vulnerability
A country-by-country view of social vulnerability
4. Assessment of local capacity
The institutional framework
Disasters and civil society
Relevant actors and initiatives in the region
5. Progress and needs in disaster management
Prevention and mitigation
Preparedness
Information and training
6. Lessons and challenges
How to work in disasters? Emergencies versus development
Resources and finance
Conclusions
References and background reading
Index
Tables
Maps

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