Early warning systems and livelihood resilience: Exploring opportunities for community participation

Baudoin, Marie-Ange, Henly-Shepard, Sarah, Fernando, Nishara and Sitati, Asha (2014). Early warning systems and livelihood resilience: Exploring opportunities for community participation. UNU-EHS Working Paper. UNU-EHS.

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    Author Baudoin, Marie-Ange
    Henly-Shepard, Sarah
    Fernando, Nishara
    Sitati, Asha
    Editor Zommers, Zinta
    Title Early warning systems and livelihood resilience: Exploring opportunities for community participation
    Series Title UNU-EHS Working Paper
    Volume/Issue No. 11
    Publication Date 2014-12
    Place of Publication Bonn
    Publisher UNU-EHS
    Pages 20
    Language eng
    Abstract Climate and natural hazards are increasing in intensity, frequency and complexity. Their related impacts have powerful implications for humanity, particularly communities with deep reliance upon natural resources. The development of effective Early Warning Systems could contribute to foster livelihood resilience by improving coping mechanisms and even enhancing adaptive capacity. However, current shortcomings in early warning systems’ conception and applications undermine risk reduction at the grassroots level, which contribute to loss of lives and shocks to livelihoods. This paper provides multiple case studies illustrating best practices and challenges of participatory early warning systems, implemented at various scales in at-risk communities. Results indicate a need to significantly improve the way early warning systems are designed and applied. The paper suggests an integrated cross-scale approach that ensures the involvement of at-risk population from the risk detection to emergency management processes. Yet, such a participatory approach also raises multiple challenges, opening pathways for future research.
    UNBIS Thesaurus EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
    Keyword Livelihood resilience
    Copyright Holder UNU-EHS
    Copyright Year 2014
    Copyright type All rights reserved
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