This course on Disaster and Livelihood: The forward-thinking to reduce vulnerability views responsibility reducing disaster occurrence as a shared undertaking that goes far beyond improved disaster or emergency response. It gives explicit priority to assessing and building on household and community capabilities in at-risk communities, so that our vulnerability reduction efforts are sustainable. In this regard, the course takes a developmental approach to the sustainable reduction of disaster risk and integrating poverty reduction programs with disaster management sector. However, it is equally relevant to those concerned with all aspects of poverty reduction, humanitarian action and sustainable development.
Course Contents
1. What is livelihood vulnerability
2. Paradigm Shifts – From Relief and Response to Disaster Risk Management
3. Poverty, Climate Change and Vulnerability
4. Disaster Economics
5. Integrating Poverty Reduction Programs with Disaster Management Sector: Some Approaches
6. Reducing Livelihood Risk- Human Capital Approach
7. The role of local level institutions in reducing vulnerability to natural disasters and in sustainable livelihood development
8. Community Partnership and Behavioral response of warning- community base early warning system
Training course will be held on 13 to 15 December, 2009 at NIRAPAD Secretariat.