Oxfam recommendations for empowerment strategies

Oxfam recommended "adaptive, flexible approach to resilience building with a respectable, bottom-up empowerment approach" (OXFAM 2013). Also, Pulla and Mamidi that studied Indian experience of the forest preservation actions undertaken by inhabitants of the forest explained how "empowered communities became resilient and moved towards developing sustainable strategies" (Pulla, V. & Mamidi, B. B. 2015).

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Cultural Factors: Attitudes toward environmental issues, Power relations

Hazards: Natural hazards

Disaster Phases: Preparedness

Types of Actors Concerned: NGOs, Non-active citizens

Recommendations:

• Foster the adoption of a culture of disaster prevention and resilience by informing and motivating citizens to take action