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Disaster Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean Region: GFDRR Country Notes

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-27T16:17:38Z
dc.date.available2017-06-27T16:17:38Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractLatin America and the Caribbean Region (LCR) is exposed to a wide variety of natural hazards including earthquakes, volcanoes, storms, extreme temperatures, droughts, floods, landslides, etc., many of which are regularly aggravated by the recurrent El Nino and ENSO phenomenon. The global trend toward increasing climate variability is likely to exacerbate many of these hazards. The World Bank Natural Disaster Hotspots study (Dilley et al. 2005) indicates that seven among the world's top 15 countries exposed to three or more hazards are located in LCR.Similarly, 15 among the world's top 60 countries exposed to two or more hazards are LCR countries. The Latin American and Caribbean governments have long recognized the need to address disaster risk, and their efforts 'to develop the tools to effectively mainstream disaster risk management into development activities' (ibid., p. 1) have evolved over the last few decades. Since the mid-20th century, most of the countries in the region were working to address disasters through their respective civil protection agencies. Just like elsewhere in the world, efforts focused on ex-post response and recovery needs. While these efforts are undeniably important, they are increasingly proving to be insufficient. Over the last decade, governments, intergovernmental, non-governmental, and development organizations have gradually shifted the focus of their efforts towards ex-ante approaches to disaster risk management, with a special focus on disaster risk reduction via reducing vulnerability, capacity building, better information, and institutional strengthening.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/826811468010903390/Disaster-risk-management-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean-Region-GFDRR-country-notes
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/27336
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/27336
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo
dc.subjectNATURAL HAZARDS
dc.subjectEARTHQUAKES
dc.subjectVOLCANO
dc.subjectLANDSLIDE
dc.subjectEL NINO/LA NINA SOUTHERN OSCILLATION
dc.subjectDISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGY
dc.subjectDISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subjectPOPULATION GROWTH
dc.subjectURBANIZATION
dc.subjectDISASTER RISK REDUCTION
dc.titleDisaster Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean Regionen
dc.title.subtitleGFDRR Country Notesen
dc.typeReporten
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okr.crossref.titleDisaster Risk Management in Latin America and the Caribbean Region
okr.date.disclosure2012-10-12
okr.date.doiregistration2025-05-07T10:37:25.770542Z
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Risk and Vulnerability Assessment
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/826811468010903390/Disaster-risk-management-in-Latin-America-and-the-Caribbean-Region-GFDRR-country-notes
okr.guid826811468010903390
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okr.identifier.internaldocumentum16823172
okr.identifier.report64260
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okr.language.supporteden
okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/826811468010903390/pdf/642600WP0Box3700LAC0CountryPrograms.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeLatin America & Caribbean
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change Impacts
okr.topicEnvironment::Climate Change and Environment
okr.topicEnvironment::Environmental Disasters & Degradation
okr.topicEnvironment::Natural Disasters
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.topicUrban Development::Hazard Risk Management
okr.unitClimate Change - D1-GCCDR - IBRD (GCCDR)
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