Bangkok to Sendai and Beyond: Implications for Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia

Ranit Chatterjee; Koichi Shiwaku; Rajarshi Das Gupta; Genta Nakano; Rajib Shaw

doi:10.1007/s13753-015-0055-4

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Ranit Chatterjee, Koichi Shiwaku, Rajarshi Das Gupta, Genta Nakano, Rajib Shaw. Bangkok to Sendai and Beyond: Implications for Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia[J]. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2015, 6(2): 177-188. doi: 10.1007/s13753-015-0055-4

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Ranit Chatterjee, Koichi Shiwaku, Rajarshi Das Gupta, Genta Nakano, Rajib Shaw. Bangkok to Sendai and Beyond: Implications for Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia[J]. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2015, 6(2): 177-188. doi: 10.1007/s13753-015-0055-4

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Bangkok to Sendai and Beyond: Implications for Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia

doi: 10.1007/s13753-015-0055-4

Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Yoshida Honmachi, Sakyo-Ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

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The authors acknowledge the support from the Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (GSGES) and Church World Service (CWS)-Asia Pacific for their participation in WCDRR in Sendai. The first and the third author thankfully acknowledge the Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship for conducting research in the GSGES in Kyoto University. The fourth author thankfully acknowledges the Global Survivability Studies (GSS) Scholarship for conducting research in the GSGES in Kyoto University.

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The recently concluded World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) in Sendai, Japan and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 (SFDRR) have set renewed priorities for disaster risk reduction (DRR) for the next 15 years. Due to Asia’s high exposure to natural hazards, the implications of the new SFDRR have major significance for the future development of the region. The 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR), held in Bangkok in 2014, was a regional preparatory meeting for the WCDRR, and proposed various targets and indicators for DRR in Asia. The AMCDRR recommended inclusion of these goals in the SFDRR. This study focuses on the WCDRR negotiations, particularly outcomes that affect four major groups: local authorities; children and youth; science and technology; and business and industry. An analysis is undertaken of the overlaps and gaps in the outcomes of the 6th AMCDRR and other preceding conferences that fed into the WCDRR. A set of recommendations has evolved from this examination for consideration at the upcoming 7th AMCDRR in 2016. The areas that merit consideration in the upcoming AMCDRR 2016 are: (1) development of baseline data and quantitative indicators for monitoring progress in DRR; (2) creation of a common stakeholder platform; (3) construction of city typologies for consideration in all future local level planning; (4) promotion of a culture of safety by linking large enterprises with small and medium enterprises; and (5) exchange and sharing of information and databases between regions at all scales.
- Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction,
- Bangkok,
- Disaster risk reduction,
- Sendai,
- World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

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