The Next Frontier for Disaster Risk Reduction: Tackling Disasters in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Contexts
Publisher: Overseas Development Institute
Author(s): Katie Peters
Date: 2017
Topics: Conflict Causes, Conflict Prevention
Every day, people around the world lose their lives and livelihoods as a result of natural hazard-related disasters. Too many people are living in contexts in which states do not provide the necessary protections by failing to invest in well-known mitigation or prevention measures, and are unsupported in their efforts to prepare for recurring hazards. Often, the contexts in which the impact of disasters are most acutely felt are also affected by violence, active conflict, ineffective governance systems and state fragility.
ODI research has tried to better understand the relationship between disasters and conflict, to consolidate what is known about those affected by disasters who also happen to live in fragile or conflict-affected contexts (FCAC) and to make the case that more needs to be done to support these individuals (Harris et al., 2013).