Protected areas as tools for disaster risk reduction : a handbook for practitioners
2015
Buyck, Camille |
Dudley, Nigel |
Furuta, Naoya |
Pedrot, Claire |
Renaud, Fabrice G. |
Sudmeier-Rieux, Karen |
Globally, disasters due to natural hazards takes an enormous toll in terms of human lives, destruction to crops and livelihoods, and economic losses. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) has therefore become a critical part of sustainable development strategies. Over the past decades, the role of healthy ecosystems in providing cheap, reliable protection against natural hazards has been increasingly recognized.