Description
Natural disaster events have put many lives at risk, including those in the rural areas. It is estimated that 4.82 million people in Malaysia are affected annually by flooding events. Therefore, developing a community-based disaster preparedness becomes an important component for mainstreaming disaster risk reduction (DRR) agenda to increase the community’s resilience to natural disasters through identification of community capitals, role of local knowledge for interventions, and/or responses to natural disasters. This book is written to explain the concept of a resilient community in relation to international agenda for DRR and highlighted the extent to which, the DRR elements have been practiced in a local context. Furthermore, the authors have assessed the state of community capitals for DRR that comprises of economic, social, and environmental components followed by formulation of a disaster resilience rural community (DRRC) framework for future reference by relevant agencies, researchers, local disaster managers and communities.
