Land use and disaster governance in Asia: An introduction

Abstract

This chapter provides an overview of land use and management, and disaster governance and the justification of the need for novel and innovation governance approaches to address risk reduction, and disaster management at different levels and in different contexts in Asia. The chapter also summarises the key issues discussed in each chapter. Although different countries have adopted various governance approaches, including policy, technological and education initiatives, to (i) manage land, (ii) improve food security, (iii) reduce risk, (iv) prepare for disasters and (v) address the impact of disasters; the outcomes of such initiatives are limited. Therefore, the quest for new strategic management and governance models has been an ongoing task of all stakeholders.