Local governance and disaster risk management in Mozambique
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2008
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The objective of the study was to find out whether the decentralisation of responsibulities for social economics development facilitated the management of disaster risk during the 2007 floods in Mozambique. the specific aims of the study were to : analyse and discuss national policies for decentralisation and their significance for DRM. Investigate which responsibilities, human and financial resources were available to local governments for the planning, implemantations and monitoring of DRM activities. Identify mechanisms institutions and activities for DRM and find out whether they provided to be effective. Explore how concerned communities participated in DRM activitiesto reduce their vulnerability to disaster risk.
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Magister Artium - MA
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Community participation, Disaster risk management, Natural hazards, Natural hazards, Vulnerability, Local governance, Mozambique, Accountability, Early warning, Reversed pressure and release model, Local development