Preview page 32: Where possible, this process must take place in consultation with those most at risk. 3.2.5 Strategic planning: focus on disaster risk reduction In keeping with the Disaster Management Act s emphasis on vulnerability reduction and the use of international best practice in this regard, strate- gic planning must focus efforts on reducing disaster risks. This includes the identication of strategies and measures that lessen the likelihood of harmful losses by avoiding endangering hazards or reducing vulnerability, as well as those that increase capacity to prepare for and enable timely emergency...more
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