Muhammad Saidur RahmanBDPC

COMMUNITY RESILIENCE:AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH

3 WCDRRSendai, March 2015

15270 KM

240 KM

USA (FLORIDA) 1992

WIND HUMAN SPEED CASUALTY

(per hour)

COUNTRY YEAR

BANGLADESH 1991 138,000 +

DISASTER IMPACTS COMPARISION

2

DISASTER REDUCTION

• STRUCTURAL

• NON-STRUCTURAL

COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT (CRA)

LOCAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION

ACTION PLAN (LDRRAP)

COMMUNITY MEETING

CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT

PEOPLE, PRIVATE and PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP (4P APPROCH)

EARLY WARNING DISSEMINATION

CYCLONE OF 1970

HUMAN LIVES LOST 500,000+

WORST IN THE RECORDED HISTORY OF THE WORLD

6

COAST LINE 710 KM

COVERAGE

DISTRICT : 13

UNION : 322

VOLUNTEERS : 49,365

POPULATION : 14 MILLION

SIGNAL FLAGS

WARNING DISSEMINATION

MEETINGS and CONFERENCES

FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LEVEL PREPAREDNESS

CHALLENGES• CHANGING THE MIND-SETS

• INTEGRATION OF DRM INTO LIFE AND LIVELIHOOD

• LINKAGE OF VULNERABILITY WITH POVERTY

• BELIEF IN THE POTENTIAL POWER OF POOR

• SUSTAINED SOCIAL, POLITICAL, MORAL AND RELIGIOUS COMMITMENTS

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