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240 ■ CITIES AND CLIMATE CHANGE

TABLE 9.3
Asset-Based Framework for Predisaster Damage Limitation

Asset-based actions Institutions and actors
At household and neighborhood levels
Social assets in place to facilitate the
dissemination of early warning and knowledge
of how to respond

CBOs, NGOs, coordination with

state agencies for early warning and

responses, including identifi cation of

safe sites and routes to them

Households temporarily move away from
high-risk sites or settlements

State provides transport to safe sites

to those without access to private

transport; police and civil defense

prepare to protect assets left behind

after the disaster has passed (such

as from looting)

Households prepare property to withstand
event (protecting physical capital)

Households, CBOs, NGOs

Households protect or move productive assets Households, CBOs

Community-based disaster-response and
preparedness training, including early-warning
systems, safe sites, and routes to them,
identifi ed as preventative measure for human
capital and family fi rst aid

CBOs, NGOs

At municipal or city level
Preparation of safe spaces with services to
which people can move temporarily

Government, NGOs, CBOs;

oversight in early warning to ensure

communication between state

agencies and local focal points

Organizing corridors for mass evacuation Police and civil defense clear main
routes to enable fast evacuation
and to prepare for the distribution
of relief aid

At regional and national levels
Flood management upstream Private and state-owned fl ood-
management infrastructure

Disaster early-warning system State at national and regional levels

Source: Author.
Note: CBO = community-based organization; NGO = nongovernmental organization.

Asset-Based Adaptation for Immediate Postdisaster Response

Aft er any disaster, two separate intervention points are the immediate response
and then the longer-term follow-up. Th e two are separated largely because
responsibility for them is generally divided between diff erent institutions, both
within low- and middle-income countries and within international agencies.