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Disaster risk and resulting impacts are on the rise, threatening development gains. The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction seeks to tackle the underlying drivers of risk, namely increasing exposure, and promote well-being. Achieving the goals of Sendai requires a shift in practice, away from the status quo in DRM and toward a holistic and system-thinking approach to disaster resilience that is centered on development. This chapter outlines one such approach, that of the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance, to measure and build community flood resilience in 118 communities across nine countries. The links between the Flood Resilience Measurement for Communities (FRMC) measurement tool and linked resilience-building interventions and the goals of the Sendai Framework are outlined to demonstrate the potential of resilience for tackling the underlying drivers of increasing disaster risk.
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As defined by the UNISDR (2009): Prospective disaster risk management activities address and seek to avoid the development of new or increased disaster risks. They focus on addressing disaster risks that may develop in future if disaster risk reduction policies are not put in place. Examples are better land-use planning or disaster-resistant water supply systems.
Corrective disaster risk management activities address and seek to remove or reduce disaster risks which are already present and which need to be managed and reduced now. Examples are the retrofitting of critical infrastructure or the relocation of exposed populations or assets.
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Keating, A. (2020). Measuring and Building Community Disaster Resilience: Essential for Achieving Sendai. In: Yokomatsu, M., Hochrainer-Stigler, S. (eds) Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience. Disaster and Risk Research: GADRI Book Series. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4320-3_9
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