Fourteen Actions and Six Proposals for Technology-based Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia

The document emphasizes the urgent need to strengthen science and technology-based disaster risk reduction (DRR) capacity in Asia to meet 2030 global goals. It advocates for a shift from managing disasters to reducing risks by improving the understanding of risk dimensions, integrating risk governance into planning, and utilizing cost-benefit analyses for resilience investments. The text highlights Asia's vulnerability to high-frequency, high-intensity hazards and argues that global DRR targets cannot be achieved unless disaster casualties and property losses decrease within the region.

• The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 advocates for a transition from disaster management to risk reduction, which necessitates a comprehensive understanding of environment, hazards, exposure, and vulnerability, as well as the integration of risk governance into all levels of planning and development.
• Asia is characterized by high population density and uneven development, facing a high proportion of global disaster losses; consequently, the 2030 global DRR goals are unlikely to be met if disaster casualties and property losses in Asia do not decrease.
• There is a critical requirement to enhance science and technology-based DRR capacity in Asia, particularly in areas experiencing rapid urbanization and weak socio-economic development, to support the implementation of the Sendai Framework.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2018). Fourteen Actions and Six Proposals for Technology-based Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia. https://www.sei.org/publications/fourteen-actions-six-proposals-technology-based-disaster-risk-reduction-asia/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Fourteen Actions and Six Proposals for Technology-based Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia. 2018. https://www.sei.org/publications/fourteen-actions-six-proposals-technology-based-disaster-risk-reduction-asia/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2018fourteen, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Fourteen Actions and Six Proposals for Technology-based Disaster Risk Reduction in Asia}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2018}, month = jun, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/fourteen-actions-six-proposals-technology-based-disaster-risk-reduction-asia/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }