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table 4. 3 Framework for analysing coping and adaptive practices: strategies and systems a

Objective Pattern of social

behaviour

Hazard
focus

Planned/
ad hoc

Inten-
tion (to
reduce
risk)

Other aspects Effectiveness

Response preparedness in flood/landslide-prone
area *

Related information
transfer, financial
implication, institutional
support and/or unused
capacities **

Short-term (ST)
and long-term (LT)
impact ***

Storing objects to block wastewater pipes
to avoid flooding, backflow and related
contamination

× × × × Likely to be effective in

ST and LT

Having 'extra house' to stay, in case of
emergency

× × × × × May prove expensive Likely to be effective in

ST and LT

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Predicting adverse weather based on observations
of nature/natural phenomena for early warning
(cloud colour and formation, water-level of
rivers, animal behaviour)

× × × × Transfer of traditional

knowledge from generation
to generation, also through
stories and proverbs

Can be effective in ST
and LT if combined
with 'modern'
knowledge

Cutting down trees to use as firewood to
reduce gas expenses in post-disaster period (also
recovery phase)

× × × × × Successful in reducing costs

short term

Effective in ST,
strongly increases
risk in LT, should be
discouraged

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