Disaster risk reduction education: tensions and connections with sustainable development goals
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Cabello, Valeria M.
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Disaster risk reduction education: tensions and connections with sustainable development goals
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In the last decades, environmental risks and threats have increased human exposure to
natural hazards, often affecting the quality of life, especially for vulnerable groups. This article
explores the tensions and connections within educational research concerning disaster risk reduction
(DRRE) in relation to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Twenty-seven articles published
between 2014 and 2020 in various geographic regions regarding disaster risk reduction (DRR) were
reviewed, finding that (a) the participation of children, youth, families, and the community is central;
(b) non-formal and informal education are equally as relevant as formal education; (c) DRR initiatives
can favor broader objectives, such as reducing poverty or advancing towards sustainable communities;
and (d) achieving community resilience in the face of socio-natural disasters requires local
voices for the design, implementation, and scaling of strategies. However, certain tensions were also
found due to the lack of emphasis on the crucial areas of SDGs, which are related to a comprehensive
notion of well-being and health education, including mental health and a gender approach, the
limited mitigation of risk aggravating factors arising from extreme poverty and the climate crisis,
the disconnection between modern and ancestral knowledge, the “top-down” versus “bottom-up”
approach in the generation of local solutions, the role of education on disaster risk reduction as a
risk mitigation factor, and the requirements to adjust the curriculum synchronously to global environmental
needs, are all discussed, thus highlighting and encouraging the urgent cultural changes
needed in the Anthropocene era that can be triggered through disaster risk reduction education.
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Research Center for Integrated Disaster Risk Management (CIGIDEN) ANID/FONDAP/15110017
ANID/FONDECYT/11181050
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Sustainability 2021, 13, 10933
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