Managing natural disasters, sustaining local development : a problem handled through local community- private organization collaboration? a case study from the Dominican republic
Master thesis
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Sammendrag
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) forecasts a future increase of natural
disasters and the work to reduce the impacts of such
disasters must be escalated. Therefore it seems very
important that organisations located in disaster
ridden areas, such as the Caribbean, are involved in
helping those who are affected by natural disasters.
Usually those most affected are the poor and
socially disadvantaged groups, meaning
support of these peoples are vital for local
development. In this thesis proposal I try to link the
themes of disaster management and sustainable
development, and look at the possibility for private
organisations to collaborate with local communities’
in their effort to reduce the impacts of future
disasters. In this effort vulnerability is a key concept
which needs to be addressed, as well as the local
communities’ openness to external organisations.
Beskrivelse
Masteroppgave i development management- Universitetet i Agder 2009