Are we missing out in evaluating ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction measures? A review and way forward considering cascading benefits
This paper coins the term “cascading benefits” emerging from Ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) and conceptualises the holistic evaluation of Eco-DRR considering cascading benefits to advance evaluation of Eco-DRR at the landscape level. The paper presents the results of a literature review designed to understand how Eco-DRR is evaluated to date and whether and how their cascading benefits are considered in the evaluation.
The review identified 51 relevant papers, that allowed extracting 93 Eco-DRR evaluation criteria; none of which capture cascading benefits of Eco-DRR. Next, these 93 criteria were assessed for their potential applicability to evaluate cascading benefits, based on an additional, targeted literature review and 7 expert interviews. As a result, 23 criteria were identified for evaluating cascading benefits, providing an entry point for more holistic Eco-DRR evaluation in the future.
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