Advantages of CBDM


30.09.2018

CBDM (Community-based disaster management) can be defined as a disaster management approach “whereby a community systematically manages its disaster risk reduction measures towards becoming a safer and resilient community”. In practice, “CBDM works through deliberate engagement of community members in a way that empowers them to address the root causes of their vulnerabilities by transforming social, economic and political structures that generate inequality and leave them susceptible to further disasters”. The approach appears to both empower communities and respect and exploit cultural factors.

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