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Grenada National Hazard Mitigation Policy

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Publication date
04/06/2003
Number of Pages
20
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Other
Focus Region:
Global
Focus Topic:
Institutions / Organizations
Type of Risk:
Policy & institutional
Weather & Climate related
Natural disasters
Type of Risk Managment Option:
Risk reduction/mitigation
Commodity:
Other
Author
Dr. Linus Spencer Thomas
Organization
Caribbean Development Bank and the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency

This is a policy outline meant to provide an integrated framework for the implementation of hazard mitigation measures on the national, sectoral and community levels in a structured, holistic and comprehensive manner, which was non-existent in Grenada previous to this project. The policy seeks to mainstream hazard risk reduction into national development planning and decision making as a key strategy towards vulnerability reduction and emphasizes proactive approaches to hazard risk reduction through focusing on strengthening national capacity for hazard management and raising awareness on risk management approaches to natural and technological hazards among key stakeholders.