Mitigation efforts in rural communities after extreme weather events - new insights for stakeholders

Authors

  • Vesela Radović Belgrade University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51599/is.2016.02.03.37

Keywords:

extreme weather events, agricultural households, rural, economic recovery

Abstract

Global climate changes are undoubtedly course of the increasing frequency of extreme whether events all over the world. Rural communities belong to the “group of victims” which is greatly jeopardized by consequences of the extreme weather events. Having in mind limited capacities for the preparedness, response and recovery after any kind of emergency it is clear that the rural community mostly needs external help. That is the point of this paper: to make new insights about this important issue, and to discuss: “how to provide adequate help in the rural communities and build adequate adaptive and response capacities”. In many countries agriculture and rural tourism are main economic activities in the rural area and its interruption could be the obstacle for implementation of sustainable development. Various stakeholders omit to be aware of this issue. Emergency agencies and many others have to make the comprehensive plan for rural communities (having in mind all its limitations). In the Republic of Serbia rural communities do not have enough capacity for recovery and usually it takes many years after an event. A minimum of an economic recovery standard has to be created for the rural community. It also has to be a specific contingency plan in the future reorganizations of emergency services in Serbia and at the Western Balkan region. It should be one of the priority issues for stakeholders in the near future in disaster risk reduction. Providing equal access to resources to population in the rural community after the extreme weather event has to be the priority task for policy makers and all actors in emergency management.

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2016-09-01

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Radović, V. (2016). Mitigation efforts in rural communities after extreme weather events - new insights for stakeholders. Journal of Innovations and Sustainability, 2(3), 37–56. https://doi.org/10.51599/is.2016.02.03.37

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