Monday, June 25, 2012

Disaster risk reduction is everyone's business.

Disaster risk reduction includes disciplines like disaster management, disaster mitigation and disaster preparedness, but DRR is also part of sustainable development. In order for development activities to be sustainable they must also reduce disaster risk. On the other hand, unsound development policies will increase disaster risk - and disaster losses. Thus, DRR involves every part of society, every part of government, and every part of the professional and private sector.

Conflict Disaster Risk Reduction


Perspective of Everyday Social Life in Indonesia

Conflict Reduction concept itself is rooted in the awareness that the social world, where human beings as social beings live and interact, full of potential conflict. The basis of the social world order is a conflict. Conflict is unavoidable. Therefore, the conflict cannot be eliminated. Conflicts can only be managed its resources so that the risk violent conflict can be reduced or eliminated.