Develop and Test
Warming Systems.
Disaster Risk
Reduction
Nations prone to
natural disaster hazards need to understand that the hazard does not have to
translate into disasters and with mitigations' preventative action especially
when their is knowledge on the disaster and the sharing of the knowledge to the
general public. To reduce risk we must talk about vulnerability again. In this
case human vulnerability is the lack of capacity of a community to anticipate cope
with, resist and recover from the impact of a hazard. They are factors that
contribute to this vulnerability like population increase, rapid urbanization,
poor planning, lack of knowledge, poverty and so forth (for others visit).
Poverty is the most crippling of these.
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Disaster Risk Reduction is at the heart
of disaster preparedness forming plans pre-disaster, during and post disasters. Risk
reduction is defined as physical measures to reduce the vulnerability and
exposure of infrastructure to natural hazards as well and to provide coping and
adaptive infrastructure in case of a disaster event. Some DRR Recommendations
for countries which do don’t have a robust disaster preparedness plan are. The measures above reduce risk and keep a
nation or community functional. Some DRR measures a nation can take are key
into their planning and policy are
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Appropriate planning to mitigate flooding in flood susceptible
regions and alternative infrastructure like roads for the provision of food and
clean water and other vital services and supplies.
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Provision of raised flood shelters.
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The upgrading of water supply systems in rural areas to provide sufficient
drinkable water supply during floods or droughts.
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The construction and utilization of drainage pumps as an example
of amplification of the capability to cope with floods.
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Develop or further strengthen community-based disaster
preparedness by focusing more on the roles of the different components of the
community.
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Improve communication through better use of available technologies
and a mover from manual systems to digital platforms.
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Educate farmers to diversify the range of crops they produce as a
strategy to survive in the event of disaster.
These are just a few examples. I am very sorry for the absence
of a post in November.
