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Understanding Capacity in Disaster Management by Vijanes Beltrans is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The document discusses key concepts related to disaster risk reduction including disaster, hazard, vulnerability, and capacity. It defines capacity as the strengths, attributes, and resources available within a community that can be used to achieve agreed goals and cope with or reduce disaster risks. Capacity includes socioeconomic, political, cultural, physical, organizational, and leadership dimensions. The document also discusses coping capacity and provides examples of capacities communities may possess
- Author
- Vijanes Beltrans
- Language
- EN