Disaster Risk Management (DAMAGE): A framework for assessing and comparing disaster risk intervention options
Charlotte Brown, Nicola Smith, Wendy Saunders, Emily Harvey
Overview
Resilient Organisations, M.E. Research and collaborators have developed this framework to help decision-makers better understand and approach disaster risk decision evaluation: including a comprehensive accounting of social, environmental and economic costs and benefits; future uncertainty; risk appetite; equity and opportunity. The framework guides users through the selection of appropriate option evaluation tools (such as cost-benefit analysis, multi-criteria analysis etc), and helps users to design their assessment specific to their context. It is a tool that will be useful to both decision-makers and analysts.
Using this framework will help to ensure that disaster risk management intervention assessment is undertaken in a systematic, transparent and comprehensive manner, leading to better disaster risk management outcomes for communities.