1. Muhammad Saidur Rahman BDPC COMMUNITY RESILIENCE: AN EFFECTIVE APPROACH 3 WCDRR Sendai, March 2015

2. 15 270 KM 240 KM USA (FLORIDA) 1992 WIND HUMAN SPEED CASUALTY (per hour) COUNTRY YEAR BANGLADESH 1991 138,000 + DISASTER IMPACTS COMPARISION 2

3. DISASTER REDUCTION STRUCTURAL NON-STRUCTURAL

4. COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT (CRA)

7. LOCAL DISASTER RISK REDUCTION ACTION PLAN (LDRRAP)

8. COMMUNITY MEETING

9. CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGEMENT

13. PEOPLE, PRIVATE and PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP (4P APPROCH)

14. EARLY WARNING DISSEMINATION

15. CYCLONE OF 1970 HUMAN LIVES LOST 500,000+ WORST IN THE RECORDED HISTORY OF THE WORLD

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17. COAST LINE 710 KM

18. COVERAGE DISTRICT : 13 UNION: 322 VOLUNTEERS : 49,365 POPULATION: 14 MILLION

20. SIGNAL FLAGS

22. WARNING DISSEMINATION

24. MEETINGS and CONFERENCES

26. FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LEVEL PREPAREDNESS

30. CHALLENGES CHANGING THE MIND-SETS INTEGRATION OF DRM INTO LIFE AND LIVELIHOOD LINKAGE OF VULNERABILITY WITH POVERTY BELIEF IN THE POTENTIAL POWER OF POOR SUSTAINED SOCIAL, POLITICAL, MORAL AND RELIGIOUS COMMITMENTS

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