Table of contents

Introduction; Section I: Key Concepts and Risk Factors; 1 What terms do we use in disaster management?; 2 What are the components of disaster management?; 3What do we mean by hazards, risks,vulnerabilities and capacities?; 4 How can we check our understanding of terms?; 5 How does the 'disaster crunch model' work?; 6 Which disaster model works for me?; 7 What do we do in emergency preparedness and risk reduction?; 8 What is gender?; 9 How do structural adjustment policies affect risk?; 10 What are the causes of droughts and how do they impact on the environment?; Section II: Risk Assessment: Community-based Considerations; 1 How do we construct hazard, risk and capacity maps?; 2 How is community-based research relevant to risk assessment?; 3 How do we construct vulnerability and capacity assessments?; 4 What resources are available for reducing risk?; 5 How does gender impact on vulnerability and capacity?; 6 How do we assess household food security?; 7 How do we target.households most at risk?; 8 Why do we need to understand perceptions of risk?; Section III: Risk Reduction and Emergency Preparedness and Planning; 1Do you have what it takes, in risk reduction?; 2 How do we plan for emergency preparedness and response?; 3 Why should emergency preparedness and response be integrated with development?; 4 How do we integrate risk reduction with emergency response actions?; 5 How is gender analysis a tool for risk reduction planning?; 6 Why are gender considerations essential to emergency preparedness and response planning?; 7 How do we incorporate gender into risk reduction planning?; 8 How do we identify risk reduction measures?; 9 How can we learn from past experience when planning risk reduction projects?; 10 What is the role of different players in drought interventions?; 11 How do we prepare public awareness campaigns?; 12 What is the role of development workers in risk reduction?; References