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4. Nature-Based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction and Involvement of Women in Mitigating the Disaster Impacts

Author : Vihanga Amarakoon

Published in: Gender Aspects of Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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In a background where natural hazards are alarmingly reported around the globe, a question has arisen on the effectiveness of the conventional methods of disaster mitigation. As a result, the experts in Disaster Risk Reduction have identified Nature-Based Solutions as a more productive way to minimize the disaster impacts. The Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction, which is an approach within the Nature-Based Solutions, uses the ecosystem services for mitigating the disaster risk. As a highly impacted group, women are faced with a greater vulnerability due to natural hazards, and their victimized status has empowered them eventually to engage in processes related to Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction. This review studies deeply on the concept of Nature-Based Solutions and investigates on how women have contributed towards disaster mitigation especially under the approach of Nature-Based Solutions and Ecosystem-Based Disaster Risk Reduction.

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Title: Nature-Based Solutions for Disaster Risk Reduction and Involvement of Women in Mitigating the Disaster Impacts
Author: Vihanga Amarakoon
Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore
Book: Gender Aspects of Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Print ISBN: 978-981-9711-91-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-981-9711-92-5

Copyright Year: 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1192-5_4

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