ABSTRACT
Chapters in this part agree that implementing effective disaster risk reduction including climate change adaptation (DRR including CCA) requires knowledge and understanding of the various but interconnected social and environmental processes as well as the issues and problems that arise from such connections. In order to understand why marginalised sectors (e.g., poor people and ethnic minorities) choose to live in hazardous areas without proper DRR measures despite awareness of the risks they face, one should be able to link, for instance, people’s lack of livelihood opportunities and some cultural attachment to places and the dynamics of natural hazards (e.g., frequency, magnitude, and scope) that affect them. The impact of the latter is largely influenced by the state of the environment and ecosystems, which to some extent is shaped by the actions and policies implemented within a framework for sustainable development.
