Bridging the gaps: stakeholder-based strategies for risk reduction and financing for the urban poor

被引:42
作者
Wamsler, Christine [1 ]
机构
[1] Lund Univ, S-22100 Lund, Sweden
关键词
development assistance; disaster risk management; El Salvador; insurance; risk financing; risk reduction; settlement development; slum; social housing;
D O I
10.1177/0956247807077029
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
This paper explores the options that can be used by aid organizations working in human settlement development to more effectively address disaster risk management. Qualitative research was carried out in El Salvador at both the household and institutional levels - to analyze the needs, capacities and perspectives of slum dwellers and aid organizations. A clearer understanding of the gaps between what households need and undertake to deal with disasters and risk, and how organizations support them, yields important insights for the restructuring of development aid. At the household level, the research reveals a huge variety of crucial but somewhat weak coping strategies. At the institutional level, organizational structures and mechanisms for social housing provision and financing offer a potentially powerful platform for tackling disaster risk. However, current project measures are insufficient. Support for and scaling up of selected household coping strategies, combined with the expansion of social housing funding mechanisms for risk reduction and financing, are some of the options proposed for targeting aid.
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页码:115 / 142
页数:28
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