Delivering the Promise of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Contexts (FCAC)

A Case Study of the NGO GOAL's Response to the Syria Conflict

Sonny Patel, Bernard McCaul, Gabriela Cáceres, Laura E.R. Peters, Ronak B. Patel, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg

ResearchPosted on rand.org Apr 22, 2021Published in: Progress in Disaster Science (2021). doi: 10.1016/j.pdisas.2021.100172

The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) has helped to reduce global disaster risk, but there has been a lack of progress in disaster risk reduction (DRR) for people living in fragile and conflict affected contexts (FCAC). Given the mounting evidence that DRR cannot be implemented through conventional approaches in FCAC, serious efforts must be made to understand how to meet SFDRR's goals. This paper offers a case study of international non-governmental organization GOAL's programming that responds to the protracted crisis in Syria, with critical discussion on SFDRR and how to adapt humanitarian relief and disaster resilience.

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  • Publisher: Science Direct
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2021
  • Pages: 26
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
  • Document Number: EP-68609

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