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How can disaster risk reduction strategies be tailored to meet the needs of coastal communities?

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Coastal communities face unique challenges and opportunities when it comes to disaster risk reduction (DRR). They are exposed to a range of hazards, such as storms, floods, erosion, sea level rise, and tsunamis, but they also have valuable resources, such as ecosystems, livelihoods, culture, and tourism. How can DRR strategies be tailored to meet the needs of coastal communities and enhance their resilience?

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William Gretton

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1 Assess the risks

The first step in designing DRR strategies for coastal communities is to assess the risks they face from different hazards and their potential impacts. This involves collecting and analyzing data on the hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and coping capacity of the communities, as well as their historical and projected trends. Risk assessment can help identify the most vulnerable areas, sectors, and groups, as well as the underlying causes and drivers of risk. It can also help prioritize the actions and resources needed to reduce the risk.

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William Gretton

Emergency Management Coordinator at Queensland Police Service & RPAS Deputy Maintenance Controller at Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
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One mitigation strategy I am still grasping is the significance of are our nature-based solutions. Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction (Eco-DRR) strategies include many natural ecosystems such as mangroves, forests, wetlands, sand dunes etc… These systems provide countless benefits to the environment, but also play a key role in disaster risk reduction strategies. I believe by placing a higher priority on understanding nature-based solutions, it will only create a win-win situation for us and future generations.

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Lekha Chacko

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While understanding the risk, focus should be also on evaluating the community vulnerability. By assessing the community's social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities, the extend of impact can be understood. Factors that can be included in the assessment are proverty, access to information and services, infrastructural resilience, etc.

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2 Engage the stakeholders

The second step in designing DRR strategies for coastal communities is to engage the stakeholders in the process. This includes the local authorities, community members, civil society organizations, private sector, academia, media, and external partners. Stakeholder engagement can help ensure that the DRR strategies are relevant, inclusive, participatory, and responsive to the needs and aspirations of the coastal communities. It can also help build trust, ownership, and collaboration among the different actors involved in DRR.

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Lekha Chacko

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By actively involving the community members, their needs, concerns and traditional knowledge can be incorporated into these strategies. They can be actively involved through focus group discussions, participatory workshops and surveys.

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3 Implement the measures

The third step in designing DRR strategies for coastal communities is to implement the measures that can reduce the risk and enhance the resilience of the communities. These measures can include structural and non-structural interventions, such as coastal protection, early warning systems, land use planning, ecosystem restoration, disaster preparedness, education, awareness, and insurance. The implementation of the measures should be based on the risk assessment and the stakeholder engagement, and should be aligned with the national and local policies and plans for DRR.

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Kesley Richardson, DPA, MPH, CEM, FPEM, MEMS-M

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When implementing measures to support coastal communities the mitigation methods are often in relationships to flash flooding, water flow, and its impacts on the local community. This includes fortified buildings, evacuation paths, and transportation infrastructure. This approaches with support the resiliency and recovery of a community by leveraging, early warning, systems, land, use, ecosystem, restoration, preparedness, education, awareness, and insurance protocols. The community can be more prepared for coastal disasters.

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4 Monitor and evaluate the outcomes

The fourth step in designing DRR strategies for coastal communities is to monitor and evaluate the outcomes of the measures. This involves tracking and measuring the progress, performance, and impact of the measures on the risk reduction and resilience enhancement of the coastal communities. Monitoring and evaluation can help assess the effectiveness, efficiency, relevance, sustainability, and scalability of the measures, as well as identify the challenges, gaps, and lessons learned. It can also help inform the feedback and improvement of the measures and the DRR strategies.

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5 Learn and share the experiences

The fifth step in designing DRR strategies for coastal communities is to learn and share the experiences from the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of the measures. This involves capturing and documenting the good practices, innovations, challenges, and lessons learned from the coastal DRR initiatives. Learning and sharing can help improve the knowledge, skills, and capacities of the stakeholders involved in DRR, as well as foster cross-learning and exchange among different coastal communities. It can also help disseminate and replicate the successful measures and strategies for DRR.

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6 Adapt to the changing context

The sixth step in designing DRR strategies for coastal communities is to adapt to the changing context. This involves reviewing and updating the risk assessment, the stakeholder engagement, the measures, the monitoring and evaluation, and the learning and sharing based on the changing hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and coping capacity of the coastal communities. Adaptation can help ensure that the DRR strategies are flexible, responsive, and resilient to the dynamic and uncertain conditions of the coastal environment.

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7 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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1 Assess the risks

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5 Learn and share the experiences

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