Building Resilient Communities: Community-Managed Disaster Risk Reduction May 6, 2013

The course focuses on the Community Managed Disaster Risk Reduction (CMDRR) framework which establishes the relationship between disaster and development, and asserts that disasters can be avoided and the effects of hazards can be reduced by increasing individual’s capability to survive and the community’s capacity towards readiness. The goal of CMDRR is to build resilient communities.