2016 Volume 3 Issue 1 Pages 1-8
Aim: Disaster risk-reduction literacy is a relatively new concept in disaster research. Only within the last decade have researchers initiated reviewing the disaster prevention and reduction literacy, and identified its effects on an individual’s ability to comprehend the nature of and make decisions in the event of a disaster.
Methods: This paper reviews and analyses the concept of literacy for disaster risk reduction.
Results: The defining attributes of disaster risk-reduction literacy are awareness, knowledge, and techniques, which will aid survivors to reduce risks arising from disaster, and make quick decisions about reducing risks. Antecedents to the disaster risk-reduction literacy rate are personal characteristics and regional characteristics.
Conclusion: One of the effects of a higher disaster risk-reduction literacy must be improved decision-making during a disaster. Disaster risk-reduction literacy empowers people to act appropriately. This review will benefit people by enhancing their role in assessing the community peoples’ needs for disaster reduction more accurately.
