Disaster Preparedness activities in Havana: the study of the Community leaders´ Perception of risks

Autor: Nuria Gaeta Carrillo
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Disertaciones, Vol 10, Iss 2, Pp 56-78 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1856-9536
DOI: 10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/disertaciones/a.4780
Popis: Risk reduction and build resilience in order to prevent some disasters require not just well coordinated authorities, a sound legislation and strong institutions. It is also vital to involve the local communities in preventive measures. The design of community training and community based preparedness activities is not ofen planned properly and is done without enough information, leading to a breakdown in the intervention. Based on personal and group interviews and a survey, this study performs an exploration of community leaders´ perceptions about risks in Havana that strengthens or constrains preventive measures and enhance or not response capacities. information that helps to design capacity building activities at studied community.
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