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Climate change and disaster management
Author(s) -
O'Brien Geoff,
O'Keefe Phil,
Rose Joanne,
Wisner Ben
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2006.00307.x
Subject(s) - climate change , vulnerability (computing) , environmental resource management , risk management , resilience (materials science) , psychological resilience , risk analysis (engineering) , environmental planning , business , natural disaster , corporate governance , emergency management , adaptive capacity , risk governance , environmental science , geography , computer science , computer security , economics , ecology , psychology , economic growth , physics , finance , meteorology , psychotherapist , biology , thermodynamics
Climate change, although a natural phenomenon, is accelerated by human activities. Disaster policy response to climate change is dependent on a number of factors, such as readiness to accept the reality of climate change, institutions and capacity, as well as willingness to embed climate change risk assessment and management in development strategies. These conditions do not yet exist universally. A focus that neglects to enhance capacity‐building and resilience as a prerequisite for managing climate change risks will, in all likelihood, do little to reduce vulnerability to those risks. Reducing vulnerability is a key aspect of reducing climate change risk. To do so requires a new approach to climate change risk and a change in institutional structures and relationships. A focus on development that neglects to enhance governance and resilience as a prerequisite for managing climate change risks will, in all likelihood, do little to reduce vulnerability to those risks.