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)
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
COAST LINE 710 KM
COVERAGE
DISTRICT : 13
UNION : 322
VOLUNTEERS : 49,365
POPULATION : 14 MILLION
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