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CDM Glossary

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Capacity

Physical social, economic and institutional means as well as skilled personal or collective attributes such as leadership and management. (ISDR)

Capacity building

Efforts aimed to develop human skills or societal infrastructures within a community or organization needed to reduce the level of risk. Capacity building also includes development of institutional, financial, political and other resources, such as technology at different levels and sectors of the society. (ISDR)

CARICOM Framework

Ten year (2005-2015) Framework for disaster management in the Caribbean presented through CDERA at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction (WCDR), Kobe, Japan, 2005 as input to the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015. (Baastel-ESL)

Community Resilience

The ability of a community to cope with the effects of a hazardous event through appropriate prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery mechanisms (adapted from WCDR).

Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM)

Comprehensive Disaster Management which includes attention to all phases of the Disaster Management Cycle – prevention, mitigation, preparedness and response, recovery and rehabilitation (CDERA). It includes emphasis on reducing risk. This nomenclature is the term that reflects the global trend in the discipline for increased focus on risk management and the intense desire among disaster management Stakeholders in the Caribbean to accelerate initiatives in promoting disaster loss reduction. DRM as defined by ISDR is presented below.

Coping Capacity

The means by which people or organizations use available resources and abilities to face adverse consequences that could lead to a disaster. In general, this involves managing resources, both in normal times as well as during crises or adverse conditions. The strengthening of coping capacities usually builds resilience to withstand the effects of natural and human-induced hazards. (ISDR)

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