Risk prevention and management the need for “aggiornamento” from a sustainable development angle
Risk prevention and management. The Romanian global objective for 2020 in the risks management sector is to further reduce the vulnerability to all risks, while improving the access of people in need to quality emergency services. Romania seeks to achieve this aim by completing the national risk assessment and by improving its administrative capacity to respond to disasters in order to gain a substantial reduction of disaster losses, in lives and in the social, economic and environmental assets of communities. The vision to be achieved has as starting point the process of accurate identification of the problems to be solved in the established timeframe, by completing the national risk assessment. While promoting a holistic approach on risks, the focus will be on the risks generated as effect of climate change, such as floods, and drought, coastal erosion and forest fire. The responsibilities of Member States for public protection, reinforcing resilience to natural and man‐made disasters and for disaster risk reduction are established under international treaty and European policy and legislation97. During the past decade, Romania has experienced numerous emergencies. Recurrent floods, forest fires and drought have caused extensive loss and damage across the country. In some situations, the national response capacity was exceeded by the severity of the disasters. Hazard incidence and no. of deaths between 1974 – 2010 Romania is subject to two main sources of risk: • risks that arise from or are exacerbated by climate change (floods, drought, forest fires). • natural and man‐made disasters (earthquake, landslides, coastal erosion, nuclear/radiological, chemical accidents, transport of hazardous materials).
Risk prevention and management
