Abstract
Disaster has become a frequent phenomenon in today’s world and is affecting many worlds’ population. The urban areas are highly vulnerable to hazards as urban population is increasing rapidly. Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh is in high risk of earthquake, fire hazards, water logging etc. The study has been carried out to ascertain the challenges to implement the Disaster Risk Reduction in the schools of Dhaka city focusing the urban disaster such as earthquake and fire hazard. DRR integration in education system has ensured safe school facility for school going children as well as reducing the risk of community through school-community cooperation. This study follows the Comprehensive Global School Safety Framework, (GADRRRES) to find out the school preparedness and emergency management plan. Mixed method was carried out to collect and analysis data from students, their parents, teachers and staff about the condition of the DRR practices in education, plans and the challenges to implement DRR through FGD, semi-structured questionnaire survey. SWOT analysis has been conducted to understand the current condition of DRR practice in schools of Dhaka city. It has been observed that the respondents have little knowledge about DRR, and most of the schools don’t have enough DRR practice and plan. Although DRR is integrated in curricula, the schools do not practice DRR exercises and trainings. A school management plan has been proposed to improve the current condition; thereby the schools of Dhaka city can be prepared for future disaster.
Highlights
Disaster is the result due to the interaction of hazardous events with the community’s exposure and vulnerability [9]
This study focuses on these factors to determine the school’s vulnerability and the challenges to reduce those vulnerabilities
As the Comprehensive School Safety addresses the need for safe learning facilities in a risk-free environment; this study will be carried out depending on three pillars of Comprehensive school safety (CSS) largely
Summary
Disaster is the result due to the interaction of hazardous events with the community’s exposure and vulnerability [9]. It disrupts the normal activities of the community or society. Disaster risk reduction (DRR) contains the principles and strategies to reduce the probability of hazard to turn into disaster. International Journal of Sustainable Development Research 2020; 6(2): 37-42 is the disaster risk, by reducing community’s vulnerability. This vulnerability can be determined by the community’s physical, social, economic and environmental factors. High exposure and high vulnerability make these schools children force to live in high disaster risk environment. This study has intended to understand the existing DRR plan and practices in schools of Dhaka city, Bangladesh
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