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A Guide to Improving Disaster Resilience of Mountain Communities

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This Guide documents a community disaster risk management process developed by Focus Humanitarian Assistance (FOCUS) with the people of Gorno-Badakhshan to re-establish and expand community and individual capacities to plan for, respond to and recover from disasters. The process described in the Guide has had a demonstrable impact in improving local resilience to disasters. In particular, the process has lead to a clear empowerment of communities to take concrete steps to reduce the likelihood or severity of disasters in the region.