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absence of efforts to integrate climate change adaptation measures. The lack of an
integrated and holistic approach highlighted the importance of further strengthening
the Linkages in Disaster Reduction, Development, and Climate Change Adaptation
(LDRDCCA), aligning with three post-2015 global agendas.
Keywords Climate risk · Community resilience · Disaster mainstreaming ·
Disaster risk · Risk-informed development
Abbreviations
CBDRM
Community-Based Disaster Risk Management
CRF
Community Resilience Framework
DMC
Disaster Management Centre in Sri Lanka
DRM
Disaster Risk Management
DRR
Disaster Risk Reduction—both these terms were used interchangeably in the literature
DIPECHO
Disaster Preparedness project funded by the Humanitarian office of
European Commisison
DS
Divisional Secretariate which is the next level of administration to
the GN. A collection of DS divisions form the district and Sri Lanka
is divided into 25 administrative districts
GN
Grama Niladari, which is the lowest state administrative level at the
community level in Sri Lanka
RS
Risk-Sensitive
VDP or CDP Village or City Development Plans
13.1 Introduction
The Disaster Management Policy places a strong emphasis on saving lives, protecting
livelihoods and strengthening recovery from disasters with an approach to build back
better, and enabling safe living whilst preventing and reducing vulnerability. National
and local Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies and plans are key for effective
implementation of the Sendai Framework and for risk-sensitive development planning and implementation from grass-root level to national level (UNDRR 2019). To
address this, the Ministry of Disaster Management and Disaster Management Centre
(DMC) has designed an approach for building disaster-resilient communities with
a vision of “Safer Sri Lanka” by bridging the gap between Disaster Risk Reduction
(DRR) and long-term development objectives.
A. M. A. Saja et al.
absence of efforts to integrate climate change adaptation measures. The lack of an
integrated and holistic approach highlighted the importance of further strengthening
the Linkages in Disaster Reduction, Development, and Climate Change Adaptation
(LDRDCCA), aligning with three post-2015 global agendas.
Keywords Climate risk · Community resilience · Disaster mainstreaming ·
Disaster risk · Risk-informed development
Abbreviations
CBDRM
Community-Based Disaster Risk Management
CRF
Community Resilience Framework
DMC
Disaster Management Centre in Sri Lanka
DRM
Disaster Risk Management
DRR
Disaster Risk Reduction—both these terms were used interchangeably in the literature
DIPECHO
Disaster Preparedness project funded by the Humanitarian office of
European Commisison
DS
Divisional Secretariate which is the next level of administration to
the GN. A collection of DS divisions form the district and Sri Lanka
is divided into 25 administrative districts
GN
Grama Niladari, which is the lowest state administrative level at the
community level in Sri Lanka
RS
Risk-Sensitive
VDP or CDP Village or City Development Plans
13.1 Introduction
The Disaster Management Policy places a strong emphasis on saving lives, protecting
livelihoods and strengthening recovery from disasters with an approach to build back
better, and enabling safe living whilst preventing and reducing vulnerability. National
and local Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies and plans are key for effective
implementation of the Sendai Framework and for risk-sensitive development planning and implementation from grass-root level to national level (UNDRR 2019). To
address this, the Ministry of Disaster Management and Disaster Management Centre
(DMC) has designed an approach for building disaster-resilient communities with
a vision of “Safer Sri Lanka” by bridging the gap between Disaster Risk Reduction
(DRR) and long-term development objectives.