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Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction - Insight Towards Perception, Response, Adaptation and Sustainability (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
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Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction - Insight Towards Perception, Response, Adaptation and Sustainability (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Series: Disaster Risk Reduction
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The book seeks to comprehend how indigenous knowledge systems of
local communities can be effectively used in disaster management of
various types. A prime example is the 2015 Sendai Framework for
Disaster Risk Reduction, promoting indigenous environmental
management knowledge and practices. Traditional knowledge of
indigenous peoples includes information and insight that supplement
conventional science and environmental observations, a
comprehensive understanding of the environment, natural resources,
culture, and human interactions with them which is not documented
before. A great deal of this knowledge have been lost in
translation. In this book, the authors attempt to keep a record of
each and every traditional knowledge study of the indigenous
communities in managing the disasters. The use of indigenous
knowledge systems in disaster understanding and management is the
primary focus of the chapters.  This book is organized
into four major sections. The first part gives an overview and help
in conceptualizing the different concepts of hazard and disaster
perception and how response and adaptation are connected with it.
This part also discusses the concept of the connection between
hazard and sustainable development and how the understanding of
risk reduction and resilience can happen with the help of
indigenous knowledge, insights, and strategies. The second part of
the book introduces the different approaches to disaster and risk
management. It establishes how vulnerability influences the risk
associated with a hazard and the responses can be both positive and
negative in disaster management. The approaches of the indigenous
communities in managing a disaster, their resilience, capacity
building, and community-based preparedness will be the area of
prime focus in this chapter. Part 3 of this book describes the
concept of sustainability through indigenous knowledge and
practice. The sole highlight of this chapter is the indigenous
knowledge efficacies in disaster identification, risk reduction,
climate risk management, and climate action. The last section of
the book explores how to meet the gaps between local knowledge and
policy formulation. It highlights how traditional knowledge of the
indigenous communities can prove to be beneficial in developing a
holistic regional-based policy framework which will be easily
accepted by the target stakeholders since they will be more
acquainted with the local strategies and methods. This section ends
with an assessment and discussion of the gaps and future scopes in
disaster risk reduction through integrating local knowledge and
modern technologies.
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